Seating the Orchestra

The symphony orchestra's platform plan viewed from the audience, who sits where and why, and how smaller ensembles keep the same logic, as a wall chart.

What's inside

• The platform plan viewed from the audience, with one marker per player across roughly 90 players for a full Romantic score
• Who sits where and how many — strings, woodwind, brass, percussion, and harp & keys — with the reasoning behind each section's position
• Three rules behind the fan: soft in front loud behind, like sits with like, and everyone sees the beat
• How smaller forces keep the same logic: string orchestra, Classical orchestra, and concert band