Concert Questions
Laureanoisims
Musical Terms
Composers
Signs that hung in the Orchestra Room
100

Name the musicial that "76 Trombones" is from.

What is the "Music Man?"

100

The first time is an accident. The second time is a coincidence. The third time you have a clue.

What is Laureano's Law?

100

What is a Bourree?

What is a lively 17th Century French folk dance?

100

Name the American composer who based much of his music on Latin American and Caribbean music.

Who is Louis Moreau Gottschalk?

100

He said, "You only have to practice on the days that you eat."

Who is Sinichi Suzuki?

200

Who is the man who composed "76 Trombones?"

Who is Meredith Wilson?

200

What is the proper way to ask to use the bathroom?

What is "May I use the bathroom?"

200

In music, what is the definition of the term "camerata?"

What is a small chamber orchestra?

200

Name the composer who wrote the song "Do-Re-Mi" from the musical "The Sound of Music."

Who is Richard Rogers?

200

What is a well known quote from Manny Laureano?

Amateurs practice until they get it right. Professionals practice until they can't get it wrong."

300

What is the first thing the concertmaster does when he or she walks onto the stage?

What is take a bow?

300

Why sub-divide?

What is, "Because when you fill the space between each beat, you will not rush?"

300

What is a hornpipe?

What is a lively folk dance of the British Isles?

300

Who composed "The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba?"

Who was Georg Friedrich Handel?

300

Finish this sentence: "Don't be right...

...Be together.

400

What were the original instruments used in "The Entrance to the Queen of Sheba?"

What are 2 oboes and string orchestra?

400

What do straight bow at the sounding point, arm weight, and speed produce?

What is "Great sound?"

400

Name the musical term for a complicated round.

What is a fugue?

400

During what period of music did G.F. Handel live?

What is the Baroque period?

400

Finish this sentence: "Slow practice...

What is ..fast progress?"

500

Who composed the "Water Music Suite?"

Who is Georg Friedrich Handel?

500

Finish this famous Laureano saying, "Subdivide and 

What is "Conquer?"
500

Name the three forms of minor scales.

What are harmonic, melodic, and natural minor?

500

Name two other composers that lived during the time that Beethoven lived.

Who were W.A. Mozart and F.J. Haydn?

500

Name the four composer action figures that hung in the Orchestra room.

Who were J.S. Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Richard Wagner, and Ludwig van Beethoven?