orchestra
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Conductor Kelly Kuo captured the opera’s pacing but sometimes let the orchestra overpower the singers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Phil at the Hollywood Bowl in 2005, electrifying orchestra and audience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
El Sistema’s spectacluar Simón Bolívar Youth Symphony was the only orchestra of which Dudamel had been music director when the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Mr. Bicket paced the orchestra buoyantly, matching the high jinks on stage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
We listened to a band and an orchestra.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
This led to the proliferation of the regional theater movement, said Eustis, as well as that of symphony orchestras and ballet companies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
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
The venue hosted jazz and vocal legends like Ella Fitzgerald and Al Cooper alongside band battles between the Chick Webb, Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman orchestras.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
When he is not conducting orchestras, Harding works as a pilot for Air France.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
But one of the applicants was the son of someone in one of the Munich orchestras, so, for the sake of fairness, the Philharmonic decided to make the first round of auditions blind.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
Vocabulary lists containing orchestra
Music - Introductory
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Music - Middle School
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Theater - Introductory
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