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An orchestra is a large group of people together, all playing musical instruments. There are a particular number of each kind of musical instrument in an orchestra. Orchestras can play beautiful music, and people often go out to a special place like a theatre just to listen to an orchestra play. A person who directs an orchestra is called a conductor.