How to Use instrumentalist in a Sentence

instrumentalist

noun

• Joined by two other instrumentalists and a string quartet, Carlile and the twins played all but one of the record’s songs over the course of the 110-minute set.
  — Bob Gendron, chicagotribune.com, 16 June 2018
• Melinda has all the skills of a great jazz instrumentalist.
  — Brynn Shiovitz, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2023
• Kivel’s firm hires dozens of artists and instrumentalists and had booked around 200 weddings and events for the spring high season.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2020
• As one of the hubs of the music industry, Los Angeles is home to many of the type of instrumentalists with whom Black Milk could work.
  — William Ketchum Iii, Detroit Free Press, 11 Mar. 2018
• The multi-instrumentalist brings his blues, rock and country roots to the Genesee Theatre at 8 p.m. Jan. 27 for a show.
  — Jessi Virtusio, Lake County News-Sun, 12 Jan. 2018
• And, most impressive of all, not a sign of fatigue from singers or instrumentalists from start to finish in a long work.
  — Marcus Overton, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 Mar. 2018
• She is described as an instrumentalist who is not from the United States and has performed at Carnegie Hall.
  — EW.com, 8 Nov. 2023
• The soloists, instrumentalists and chorus sounded as polished and seasoned in the style as he.
  — John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 16 Oct. 2017
• The group was not based around a front man or primary instrumentalist.
  — Alan Sculley, Detroit Free Press, 20 Dec. 2017
• Fiddle player Brittany Haas won the award for instrumentalist of the year.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 15 Dec. 2020
• Because there’s not a woman right now that every young dude wants to play with as an instrumentalist.
  — New York Times, 20 Apr. 2021
• The unnamed woman is described in the suit as an instrumentalist from outside the United States and was and still is a resident of New York.
  — Matthew Ismael Ruiz, Pitchfork, 9 Nov. 2023
• Two of the five nominees for instrumentalist of the year – Megan Coleman and Kristin Weber – are women.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 26 May 2021
• For something a bit more left of center, look to instrumentalists in disparate fields.
  — The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2023
• Yasmin Williams, an instrumentalist alike in ear and hand, guests.
  — Nathan Rizzo | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 5 Jan. 2022
• Aspiring instrumentalists, wandering troubadours and some of the biggest names in rock ’n’ roll have all made their way through its doors.
  — Julia Wick, latimes.com, 8 June 2019
• The award for instrumentalist – piano is named after Pinetop Perkins, who died in 2011.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 12 May 2023
• Twenty-one-year-old singer and instrumentalist Samantha Tracy will open the show.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Dec. 2019
• This is because your instrumentalist can and should add their own twist to the music, making songs that guests have heard repeatedly seem fresh and fun.
  — Kice Akkawi, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2023
• Steve Berlin, a producer and multi-instrumentalist with the band, joined Los Lobos in 1984.
  — Annie Alleman, Elgin Courier-News, 21 Mar. 2018
• In this film, the group tours in support of that and similar work with a large retinue of singers and instrumentalists, culminating in a gig at the Hollywood Bowl.
  — Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2018
• Hopkins, a guitarist, instrumentalist and vocalist in the Zac Brown Band, chose the latter.
  — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 2 June 2023
• As usual, Case is not only the singer, but a multi-instrumentalist and producer who treats songs as myths and parables.
  — Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com, 1 June 2018
• That’s particularly true of those who practice the art of the griot — the hereditary caste of bards, instrumentalists and singers.
  — John Adamian, courant.com, 18 June 2018
• The group consists of instrumentalists, vocalists and sisters Tegan Quinn and Sara Quinn.
  — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland.com, 31 July 2017
• For all his gifts as an instrumentalist, Mr. Wooley may soon become as well known for his scene-building talents.
  — Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2017
• Bonk would play a blues or jazz lick for Jones and have her sing and play the lick back to her to develop her ear and connect her phrasing as an instrumentalist to her phrasing as a vocalist.
  — Dallas News, 5 May 2022
• And look out for Kaitlyn Thomas, an impressive multi-instrumentalist and singer who plays the young Karole.
  — James Hebert, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 Dec. 2017
• The pair first began collaborating on 2020’s Folklore, which featured the band’s instrumentalist and producer on nearly a dozen songs.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2024
• The free festival, produced by Brad Kolodner, will feature fiddles and banjos, songwriters and instrumentalists, with percussive dance, square dancing, and honkytonk two-stepping.
  — John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 3 July 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024