APPLETON (WLUK) — Hamilton is on tour at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center in Appleton right now, and before Thursday’s performance some high school students got a unique opportunity to learn from members of the pit orchestra.
For three hours straight, each night of the year-long tour, including two weeks here in Appleton, these orchestra members are heard but not seen.
- “There’s really no scenes without music,” said Hamilton orchestra director and conductor Manny Schvartzman.
- Added bassist David White: “Anything that you hear is being made by us down there.”
But before Thursday’s performance, with the famed Hamilton stage as the backdrop, local high schoolers learned about the life of a pit orchestra member.
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