orchestra
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At one point there was even talk of making the orchestra part-time, before an agreement was reached.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
He formed the orchestra - named after a friend of his mother's - 30 years ago, playing contemporary arrangements of classic jazz and American Songbook standards.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
There are creaky sections with various bits of percussion and tapped string overtones conveying an otherworldly Harry Partch-like texture, the sort of junkyard orchestra that inspired Tom Waits in the 1980s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Timo Kurkikangas’s sound design could use some tweaks—the spoken text was sometimes tinny or drowned out by the orchestra.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
The percussionist from the orchestra launches into a drumroll.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
Vocabulary lists containing orchestra
Music - Introductory
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Music - Middle School
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Theater - Introductory
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