GROUP 6

MEMBERS:
PUPA, DARLENE KATE
PAGALAN, AVEGAIL
RAAGAS, JANARY
DELIG, CARLA
ALIDO, GENIVIVE
ABAD, NATHANIEL
LAPUZ, FRITZ
 ACT AND GUESS

VIOLIN DRUM
FLUTE PIANO
CONDUCTOR
Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra
(ppo)

Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra

 established IN 1945
• By Walter Legge
• A philharmonic
orchestra is a large
group of musicians
who perform
instrumental music.
• It is British
orchestra originated
in London.
 established IN THE PHILIPPINES ON
1973
• The PPO’s first
music director and
founder was Prof.
Luis Valencia with
Julian Quirit as
concertmaster.
• Located in Pasay
City, Metro Manila,
Philippines
Conductor
• The conductor’s role and
profession evolved from
time-beater into a musical
guide, mentor, or chief
inspiration officer for the
musicians and audiences of
the orchestra.
 Four main families of instruments:
1. STRINGS
• The four most
commonly used
instruments in the
string family are the
violin, the viola, the
cello and the double
(string) bass.
2. WOODWIND
• Instruments in the woodwind family used to all
be made of wood.

• They are all tubes with an opening at one end

and a mouthpiece at the other end.

• They each have rows of holes that are covered

by metal caps called keys.

(There are three ways in which the woodwind family creates sound)
✓by blowing air across the edge of or into the mouthpiece (flute or piccolo)
✓by blowing air between a single reed and a fixed surface (clarinet and bass clarinet)
✓by blowing air between two reeds (oboe, English horn, bassoon, and contrabassoon).
 3. BRASS
• Brass instruments are
essentially very long pipes that
widen at their ends into a bell-
like shape.

• Instruments in the brass family

produce their sound when the •TRUMPET
player “buzzes” her or his lips •TROMBONE
while blowing air through the •HORN
mouthpiece. •BASS TROMBONE
•TUBA
4.PERCUSSION
• The percussion section provides a
variety of rhythms, textures and
tone colors to orchestral music

• Instruments in the percussion

family make sound in one of three
ways, by striking, shaking, or • TIMPANI
scraping. • SNARE DRUM
• BASS DRUM
• Keyboard instruments are a special • TRIANGLE
• GONG
class of percussion instrument. • CYMBALS