as in orchestra
a usually large group of musicians playing together
plays oboe in the local symphony orchestra
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Recent Examples of symphony orchestra
Since graduation, Chen has racked up assignments in Mozart, Beethoven, Donizetti, Verdi, Wagner, and Puccini with opera companies and symphony orchestras across the United States and in Europe, often as the motormouth buffoons and weasels of classic comedies.
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airmail.news, 7 Dec. 2024
Her fervent pursuit to professionally play the euphonium, which is not used in traditional symphony orchestras, had come with many stressful auditions.
—Sarah Diamond Christopher Lee, New York Times, 27 May 2024
Film concerts: Performing movie music live An increasingly popular symphony orchestra concert is a movie screening accompanied by a live performance of the film's music—reeling in new audiences to the concert hall.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2025
Miss Manners congratulates you on having been invited to a splendid New Year’s Eve party — or perhaps on your new job as the conductor of a symphony orchestra.
—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2024
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airmail.news, 7 Dec. 2024
Her fervent pursuit to professionally play the euphonium, which is not used in traditional symphony orchestras, had come with many stressful auditions.
—Sarah Diamond Christopher Lee, New York Times, 27 May 2024
Film concerts: Performing movie music live An increasingly popular symphony orchestra concert is a movie screening accompanied by a live performance of the film's music—reeling in new audiences to the concert hall.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2025
Miss Manners congratulates you on having been invited to a splendid New Year’s Eve party — or perhaps on your new job as the conductor of a symphony orchestra.
—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for symphony orchestra
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Sixteen members of the all-volunteer orchestra and the Brentwood Palisades Chorale lost homes in the fire.—
Thomas Curwen,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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The principal vocalists—including the tenor Stephen Costello, who premièred the character of Greenhorn back in 2010; the tenor Brandon Jovanovich, as Captain Ahab; and Ryan Speedo Green, as the royal Polynesian harpooner Queequeg—and a robust chorus are bolstered, of course, by the Met’s orchestra.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2025
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Bendix was one of the 16 members of the symphony and the chorale who had lost their homes.—
Thomas Curwen,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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Even with the new leadership, the opera and the symphony are expected to maintain a regular performance schedule at the center.—
Robin Pogrebin,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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The philharmonic then contracted with Tracey Levy of Levy Employment Law to conduct an independent second investigation.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
6 Nov. 2024
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An emotional high point was the film’s six-minute segment of Cooper at England’s Ely Cathedral conducting the finale of Mahler’s Second Symphony — a work Bernstein led 19 times at Lincoln Center from 1963-89, including his 1,000th performance with the philharmonic in 1971.—
Ronald Blum,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Feb. 2024
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“Symphony orchestra.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/symphony%20orchestra. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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