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Recent Examples of organist
On Friday, Jewish organist Ralph Selig performed during his service.
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Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2024
Leon’s production begins not with the stage manager (Jim Parsons) but with the town organist, the suffering alcoholic Simon Stimson (Donald Webber Jr.).
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
Since rising to prominence in the early 1990s as the oh-so-funky keyboardist for former James Brown sax great Maceo Parker, Goldings has become one of the most versatile and in-demand organists and pianists around.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2024
The band, originally called Unique Attraction, formed at the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts in 1985, where the members shared classes with jazz bassist Christian McBride, singer Amel Larrieux, organist Joey DeFrancesco and Black Thought and Questlove of the Roots.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2024
Leon’s production begins not with the stage manager (Jim Parsons) but with the town organist, the suffering alcoholic Simon Stimson (Donald Webber Jr.).
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
Since rising to prominence in the early 1990s as the oh-so-funky keyboardist for former James Brown sax great Maceo Parker, Goldings has become one of the most versatile and in-demand organists and pianists around.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2024
The band, originally called Unique Attraction, formed at the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts in 1985, where the members shared classes with jazz bassist Christian McBride, singer Amel Larrieux, organist Joey DeFrancesco and Black Thought and Questlove of the Roots.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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For a recital by Filippo Gorini, an Italian pianist, go here.Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 12 Dec. 2024
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Her death, in 2011, haunts the film and hovers over Carax’s depiction of their daughter, Nastya, seen in home movies as a small child and, as an adult, as an accomplished pianist.Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
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Most of the lineup for the 2025 festival has been announced, including former Beatles drummer Pete Best.Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 16 Dec. 2024
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The surviving members of Soundgarden — drummer Matt Cameron, guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Ben Shepherd — reunited onstage Saturday to perform a set of the band’s music at a Seattle benefit concert.Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 15 Dec. 2024
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Washington plays the trumpeter Bleek, a flashy, jazz-loving young man whose talent is always running neck and neck with his penchant for self-sabotage.Tim Grierson, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2024
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The tree made its first TV appearance on The Howdy Doody Show, and decorations went from cranberries and popcorn to red garland, white plastic globes, icicle lights and wiry white angel trumpeters.Kate Hogan, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
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The series is organized by McDaniel, a veteran Broadway music director and accompanist who also oversees the Cabaret & Performance conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford.Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 Dec. 2024
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The arrangements are stripped-down, but their furious energy remains intact as Mr. Hough all but assaults his piano keys, often dragged back from the emotional edge (or a spiraling monologue) by his accompanist on bass, Sue Goldberg.Brett Sokol, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2024
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Gahan’s uncertainty comes after an extensive world tour in support of the release of 2023’s Memento Mori, which was their first album after the unexpected death of founding keyboardist Andy Fletcher.Devon Ivie, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
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Those two singers and their bandmates, bassist/violinist/clarinetist John Fernandes, keyboardist Pete Erchick, and drummer Eric Harris, discovered wavelengths that have kept echoing for nearly 30 years now.Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2024
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Upcoming performers are flutist Lori Bell on June 28, singer Melissa Morgan on July 26, singer Rose Mallett on Aug. 23, flutist Holly Hofmann on Sept. 27 and trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos on Friday, Oct. 25.Del Mar Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2024
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Its May 15, 2025 concert will feature the world premiere of a new rhapsody for orchestra by Knights violinist and vocalist Christine Courtin, written collaboratively with Knights flutist and vocalist Alex Sopp.Jane Levere, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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The first few rows of the back area of the orchestra section are an ideal vantage point to catch all the excitement as well as not be overwhelmed by those offstage percussionists.Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 21 Nov. 2024
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Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory was written and recorded collaboratively with Van Etten’s bandmates—percussionist Jorge Balbi, bassist Devra Hoff, and multi-instrumentalist Teeny Lieberson.Walden Green, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2024
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Five soloists boast multiple merry leaders: Josh Groban (four); Michael Bublé and Kimberley Locke (three each); and Jim Brickman and Meghan Trainor (two each).Gary Trust, Billboard, 13 Dec. 2024
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While some idols wait years to tour internationally as soloists or apart from their groups, Hwasa is seizing the opportunity early to prove that her appeal extends far beyond her home country.Jeff Benjamin, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Organist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/organist. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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