The Ensemble: a closer view

Throughout the years, the ensemble has always profiled itself as an orchestra with a rather unique strength. Even though this instrumentation has seen a few changes in the past, it's still a characteristic that makes our ensemble unique. Because people often wonder what instruments they hear, we've made it a habit of ours to introduce our instruments during concerts. To give you an impression of what you might expect, this introduction is something we wouldn't want to forget on our website.

The flute

For the major part, the ensemble exists of flutes. The regular flute has a range of 3 octaves, starting at the middle C. Even though modern flutes are made of silver, gold and/or nickle, flutes still reside in the category of woodwind instruments.

The piccolo

The piccolo, little brother in the flute family, has a sound exactly one octave above the regular flute. Nice to know: because this instrument features one key less than a regular flute, its base note is a D.

The alto flute

The alto takes us to the deeper tones of the flute family. This flute sounds a quarter octave below the regular one. Due to the deeper sound, its timbre is a little warmer.

The bass flute

This flute is so long its shape needs an adjustment to allow the flautist to play his instrument properly. As you can see this problem has been solved by making a curve in the tube of the flute. The bass flute sounds one octave below the regular flute.

The double bass flute

The double bass, or Mr brumble of the flute orchestra, has a sound two octaves deeper than the normal flute. This flute provides us with our deepest tones.

The guitar

This well known six-string takes you away from the winds. Even though they generally give us the support we really need from time to time, they can also give their best in a solo-part.

The bass guitar

The bass guitar has, as everybody familiar with the world of pop music knows, a deeper sound as the acoustic guitar and only four strings: the lower four.

The piano

Who doesn't know the piano? With her eight octaves, this instrument has a very wide range. Due to its versatility, the piano is the ideal accompanying instrument for every orchestra.

Percussion

To give the ensemble an extra flavour, we've also got a rhythm-section with many characters.