How to Use organist in a Sentence
organist
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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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