orchestra
Example Sentences
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On Dec. 19, 1950, Duke Ellington took his orchestra into a New York studio and recorded one of the most consequential albums of his career.
She described meeting him in the corridor after she had been at orchestra practice.
From BBC
But even the best film music has often been relegated to “pops” and summertime concerts, with a tacit judgment among symphony orchestras that it should only ever be paired with children and picnic blankets.
From Los Angeles Times
But Forté was actually “an inquisitive 8-year-old who played the violin in a youth orchestra and even had a recital at the vaunted Brooklyn Academy of Music,” according to GQ.
From Los Angeles Times
Despite his longstanding international fame, Mr. Salonen’s ties to this orchestra are scant.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
