the orchestra

noun

US
: a group of seats in a theater that are close to the stage

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But then the orchestra continued to play — with music from Jurassic World Rebirth preceding that pic’s new trailer unveil with director Gareth Edwards, Scarlett Johansson and Mahershala Ali onstage. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2025 Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra concertmaster Rimma Bergeron-Langlois will perform with her husband, Gabriel Bergeron-Langlois — who just happens to be the orchestra’s principal bassoonist — and their children, who are pianists. Matthew J. Palm, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2025 Longstreth, in a moss-green cotton suit, cut an odd silhouette against the uniform polish of the orchestra. Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025 The season once again finds the orchestra playing works by big names such as George Gershwin, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the orchestra

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