orchestra
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Sandwiched between was a massive new work, “Invisible House,” co-commissioned by this orchestra and the conductor’s former one, composed by a not especially famous Canadian, Zosha Di Castri, a music professor at Columbia University.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
He closed out his performance in a black T-shirt with gold sequined sleeves and a red pair of tartan trews, while a traditionally-dressed bagpiper accompanied the orchestra.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
He also donated to a middle school orchestra and paid to replace the doors of a church.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Throughout the show, vintage video clips and moments from his early career played across a massive LED screen, while an orchestra and a few guitarists accompanied him on stage.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Shouts and grunts and the sounds of machines, and oddly, an orchestra playing somewhere inside.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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Gospel choirs, country musicians, jazz ensembles, mariachi groups, Indigenous performers, military bands and local community orchestras share stages throughout the city.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
That is what Boston and the other orchestras did.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
For Daniel-Hoste, a classically trained pipe organist who plays in regional orchestras and teaches piano on the side, his expenditures hardly seemed exorbitant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
When he is not conducting orchestras, Harding works as a pilot for Air France.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
And as these new rules were put in place around the country, an extraordinary thing happened: orchestras began to hire women.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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Music - Introductory
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