How to Use the orchestra in a Sentence

the orchestra

noun

• There’s one bass, one Rhodes, one drum pad, one with a crazy sound, and of course the orchestra.
  — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 19 Feb. 2023
• He’s known many of the orchestra players for a long time.
  — Samantha Dunn, Orange County Register, 14 Feb. 2024
• Michelle Yeoh rushed down the aisle of the Dolby Theater just as the show kicked off and the orchestra began.
  — Katcy Stephan, Variety, 11 Mar. 2024
• Even so, stuff did happen with the orchestra, and that appeared to stoke Thile.
  — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
• Most of the scene involved the use of the master shot of Cooper conducting the orchestra.
  — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2024
• Among the orchestra’s players, Dudamel was the favorite from the start.
  — Javier C. Hernández, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2023
• In the first part of the show, all the pieces were performed entirely by the orchestra, except when Revo took the stage to speak.
  — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 1 Aug. 2024
• Then, the lights turned on so staff could attended to the incident, which took place in the orchestra.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 7 Sep. 2024
• In the orchestra for that concert was the 17-year-old flute student Julin Cheung.
  — James Estrin Joshua Barone, New York Times, 4 June 2024
• This will showcase the orchestra in an amazing way, with a choir and solo singers.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2024
• Paul Agnew conducts the orchestra and its choir Le Jardin des Voix.
  — Vulture, 25 Aug. 2023
• The last bar of the score is unclear as to whether the tam-tam is meant to continue vibrating after the rest of the orchestra has cut out.
  — Jeffrey Gantz, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Feb. 2023
• Only then was there enough confidence for the orchestra to start to swell and the cameras to cut to the Oppenheimer cast and crew.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2024
• The 2023 edition was special because the orchestra was on stage for the first time in several years.
  — Jon Burlingame, Variety, 24 Aug. 2023
• And in front of a rapt audience, whether sitting in the orchestra or in the second-to-last row, their talent towers.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 28 Nov. 2023
• Groups of seats surround the stage on all sides, including behind the orchestra.
  — Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2023
• There was a video presentation of many of the actors who had played key roles in the show over the years, and the orchestra seats were crowded with Christines, Raouls and Phantoms.
  — Mark Kennedy, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Apr. 2023
• Written as a quartet, Adams has transformed the work for the entire string ensemble of the orchestra.
  — Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 12 Jan. 2024
• Those seated for the show inside the Dolby in the orchestra or first balcony sections also had to test.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2023
• The ballet begins with the curtain down as the orchestra strikes Poulenc’s first dramatic chords.
  — Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
• Seated in the fourth ring, Ms. Robb grew entranced as a ballerina twirled onto the stage to the Stravinsky score swelling from the orchestra pit.
  — Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2023
• Apart from some blurry wind tuning at the start, the orchestra played splendidly.
  — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2023
• But the orchestra was soon replaced by an empty B-stage, from which Bunny performed the middle section of the show.
  — Stefan Stevenson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 May 2024
• The effect allows the audience to glimpse the orchestra’s musicians and to feel closer to the action.
  — Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 7 June 2023
• This will enable a new donor to step forward and provide a fresh infusion of funding for the orchestra.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2024
• Prior to each piece, the orchestra performed a prominent theme present in each piece of music.
  — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 25 July 2024
• Leading the orchestra will be Keith Lockhart, conductor of the Boston Pops for the past 28 years.
  — cleveland, 20 July 2023
• Basking in colorful lights, the cast struck their final poses as the orchestra’s last chord rang out.
  — Claire Law, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2023
• The strike has so far resulted in the cancellation of the orchestra’s season-opening gala and threatens to derail the organization’s 94th season.
  — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
• With Schmidt’s experience on Broadway, too, the orchestra is meant to be as invisible as possible — literally holed down in a pit — and support the vocalists.
  — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 25 July 2024

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024