orchestra

Example Sentences

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He played the French horn to get a college scholarship, but found he didn’t want to play in orchestras for the rest of his life.

From MarketWatch

It was like standing in the center of a huge orchestra, with kettle drums pounding on all sides.

From Literature

Aaron Copland’s “Lincoln Portrait,” for speaker and orchestra, written in 1942 in the wake of the Pearl Harbor attack, had been slated for a performance at Dwight D. Eisenhower’s inauguration in 1952.

From Los Angeles Times

Musk told Tesla investors at the time that he envisioned xAI functioning as an "orchestra conductor" for Tesla factories employing autonomous robots.

From BBC

Executive Director Jean Davidson said the orchestra only learned of the news at the same time as the press.

From Los Angeles Times