How to Use accompanist in a Sentence

accompanist

noun

• He will be her accompanist on the piano.
• An accompanist, if not part of the act, can be of any age.
  — Elizabeth Marie Himchak, Rancho Bernardo, 16 May 2018
• Brother Epiphane N’tab, the accompanist, has been at the monastery for three decades.
  — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022
• An accompanist — who is not part of the act — can be any age, per contest rules.
  — Elizabeth Marie Himchak, Rancho Bernardo, 11 May 2017
• Ben Model is one of a small number of silent-film accompanists in the U.S.
  — S. Whitney Holmes, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2019
• His accompanist, a priest who didn’t want to get defrocked, bailed at the last minute and so it never got aired.
  — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, SFChronicle.com, 16 June 2020
• In closing, faux snow fell on the stage around Eilish and her accompanists, Finneas and McBride.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 17 Dec. 2023
• And Jason, the drummer, has made a name for himself with his own band and as an accompanist.
  — Time, 2 Apr. 2020
• Jason is a drummer of note with his band and as an accompanist.
  — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2020
• Mitchell sang while sitting in a regal white-and-gold chair, as did her accompanists.
  — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 5 Feb. 2024
• The family would have sing-alongs Friday nights, with Alan as the accompanist.
  — Sean Scott, The Enquirer, 24 June 2022
• And then the accompanist plays middle C and Story begins to sing.
  — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 10 June 2021
• No less a guitarist than Mark Knopfler hired him as an accompanist for his 2001 solo tour.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Sep. 2023
• How well can Devine adapt these songs to a solo setting, sans any accompanists?
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Feb. 2024
• In 1950, Bacharach began a two-year stint in the Army, playing piano at army bases and serving as a bandleader and accompanist.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2023
• All singers should bring 32 bars of sheet music in their key; an accompanist will be provided.
  — Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2018
• On Saturday night, Joe Wicht served as the bar’s accompanist.
  — Beth Spotswood, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2018
• Prepare a selection of music that does not exceed one minute in length, that is similar to the style of the show, but not from the show, and bring sheet music for the accompanist.
  — Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2018
• And Jason, a percussionist, has made a name for himself with his own band and as an accompanist.
  — Author: Janet McConnaughey, Rebecca Santana, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2020
• Susan Leach-Hebert will direct the program with David Wallace as the accompanist.
  — Courant Community, 9 Jan. 2018
• Come prepared with a song with sheet music for accompanist.
  — Mark Rapp, cleveland.com, 4 May 2018
• Prepare 16 bars of a song in your key and bring sheet music; accompanist provided.
  — Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2019
• An accompanist will be provided by the theater, no singing to tracks or a cappella singing.
  — Courant Community, 12 June 2017
• Prepare 16 to 32 bars of a song in your key that highlights your vocal range, and bring sheet music; an accompanist will be provided.
  — Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Dec. 2019
• Please bring a backing track on cd or mobile device as no accompanist will be available.
  — Star-Telegram, star-telegram.com, 2 May 2017
• That was back when Jones performed as a proto-techno-pop band whose sole accompanist was Jed Hoile, a trenchcoated mime-cum-dancer.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2022
• Come prepared with 16 bars of a Broadway-style song and bring sheet music for accompanist, and dress comfortable for movement.
  — Mark Rapp, cleveland.com, 16 Mar. 2018
• Usually, an accompanist is mentioned at the end of a review.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 May 2021
• The Young Columbians will perform on the lakefront stage at 8 p.m., with long-time piano accompanist Patricia Hammer.
  — Carolyn Kelemen, Columbia Flier, 22 June 2017
• Some pianists don’t care so much about their comping (being an accompanist).
  — Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 18 June 2019

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024