How to Use organist in a Sentence

organist

noun
  • Dieter Ruehle is the organist for the Dodgers and the Kings.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2020
  • Nor was there a need to fire up the organ; the organist no longer worships there.
    Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 14 Jan. 2023
  • All of this, to ensure that air gets to the right place when an organist presses a key.
    Rodger Mallison, star-telegram, 22 Sep. 2017
  • Chad Pittman will be the guest organist on the theater organ.
    Sam Boyer, cleveland.com, 7 June 2019
  • Perched at the very top of the Garden, on a ledge overlooking the ice, is the organist for the Rangers, Ray Castoldi.
    Millie Von Platen, The New Yorker, 11 June 2022
  • Early on he became obsessed with the organ, and with the sounds that the church organist was able to draw out of it.
    Clay Risen, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Silent Night would be played by the organist, Mr. Lindor.
    Terry Pluto, cleveland, 1 Jan. 2023
  • Her father sang opera and folk songs and her uncle was an organist.
    Paul Freeman, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2017
  • Jack was a church organist for 50 years and a teacher in the Manchester School system for 33 years.
    courant.com, 7 July 2018
  • The organist will play music and hymns from the ceremony and the first dance song from the reception.
    Jennifer McDermott, courant.com, 11 July 2017
  • Snodgrass noted the church hired a new organist, Matthew Bunn, of Aberdeen, about six weeks ago.
    David Anderson, The Aegis, 6 July 2017
  • Lindsay Imber, organist for the Anaheim Ducks, wears pearls to a game.
    Rachel Wolfe, WSJ, 27 Jan. 2022
  • As the mass started, a priest lit incense in front of the slain officer’s portrait as a bell tolled and an organist played.
    Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Martin is the organist and minister of music at the church.
    Shiela Johnson, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 2 Dec. 2019
  • The setting and the program were formal, with an organist and a choral quartet wearing sparkling white robes.
    Alyson Ward, Houston Chronicle, 19 Mar. 2018
  • Also an organist, Boulanger played its premiere, in New York, in 1925.
    Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Also: Don’t put the organist and chorister on the spot, blogger pleads.
    David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 July 2022
  • The same can be said of his Bach, which Kempff, the son of an organist, understood especially well.
    David Mermelstein, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2020
  • Doug Ingle, the singer and organist for Iron Butterfly, has died.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 26 May 2024
  • In the early ’70s, Empire replaced its live organist with a D.J.
    New York Times, 30 Dec. 2020
  • Aware of the problem, the head priest delegated the task to Hoke, dispatching an organist as well.
    Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2021
  • Ruehle, one-time organist for the San Jose Sharks, absolutely brought it.
    Gary Peterson, The Mercury News, 21 June 2019
  • Puzzled and shaken, Mary proceeds with her plans to move to Salt Lake City, where she's been invited to be the new organist at a local church.
    Sezin Koehler, EW.com, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Sensing changing times, the Dodgers dabbled with doing away with an organist for the 2004 season.
    Rob Ledonne, Billboard, 7 June 2018
  • My dad is a pastor himself and played drums in the church choir, my mother was a choir director, and my grandmother was the church organist.
    Michael Paulson, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2018
  • The organist, maid of honor and ushers all were from Salisbury.
    Tom Verducci, SI.com, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Nearly a second passes between pressing a key and when an organist hears the sound.
    Julia Griffin, Scientific American, 9 June 2017
  • They are joined by an organist and a string quartet for this holiday favorite.
    oregonlive, 10 Nov. 2020
  • Philip Scrivin The organist plays music by Bach, Schumann, et al.
    Matt Cooper, latimes.com, 4 June 2017
  • Many of the daily showings include a caroling sing-along with the theater's house organist playing the Wurlitzer.
    Paige Porter Fischer, Southern Living, 3 May 2024

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