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orchestra

[awr-kuh-struh] / ˈɔr kə strə /
NOUN
symphony
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While general managers have the right to choose musical directors independently, in practice they typically consult the orchestra to ensure that the musicians can work effectively with the director.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

In an interview with an Argentine daily, Venezi, 36, insinuated that jobs in the opera orchestra were "practically passed down from father to son", angering musicians.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

He convinced Meredith Monk to write for orchestra and enticed everyone from Sarah Vaughan to the Mahavishnu Orchestra onto the symphony stage.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

Bernstein would become music director of that orchestra in the following decade, at a time when attendance was such that, he recalls, “you could shoot deer in Carnegie Hall.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Before long the orchestra started to play again.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty




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