Now it's time for part three and my final post of my orchestral theater music series. After the bows are complete and the curtain has closed, the orchestra plays what is called the exit music. It's basically like a church service's recessional or postlude. It punctuates the show with a musical exclamation point. However, most people turn it into a comma because they don't listen to it. Granted it's for you to walk out of the theater to but I'm never completely gone by the end of it because so many people are trying to leave. Therefore, I always clap to acknowledge the orchestra not just for the exit music but for all the music they provided that evening. They are saying goodbye to you, so it's polite to say goodbye back or at least wave. We've been lucky this summer to have a lot of people hang around the pit and listen to the exit music applauding afterwards. We really appreciated it. Now going to the pit isn't always necessary (after all it is exit music, not linger to the pit to chat music) but always acknowledge because live music from the orchestra is just one more element that makes a night at the theater magical, so from overture to finale and beyond be a great audience and always listen to the music.
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