How to Use timpanist in a Sentence

timpanist

noun

• Mr. Boznos, the company’s chief timpanist, wrote the piece in honor of the company.
  — Compiled By Christopher D. Shea, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2016
• Percussion, in the meantime, regularly put the timpanist front and center of the L.A. Phil.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2022
• Baltimore Symphony Orchestra timpanist James Wyman fears that the unexpected loss of his salary this summer will delay scheduled surgery that could improve the hearing of his 7-year-old son.
  — Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 5 June 2019
• The first movement’s long cadenza included a dialogue between Kavakos and timpanist Tim Genis, which sounded almost like a Renaissance dance in its open harmonies and hearty rhythm.
  — Zoë Madonna, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2019
• The finale, with timpanists Jauvon Gilliam and Scott Christian volleying thunder from opposite sides of the stage, led to less a unified resolution than a heterogeneous catharsis.
  — Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2020
• During Brahms, Grimaud gave the sort of fierce performance associated with her younger self, not to mention principal timpanist Don Liuzzi making his bone-shaking presence felt from the rear of the orchestra.
  — David Patrick Stearns, Philly.com, 3 June 2018
• The first movement cadenza, which Kopatchinsakaja patterned after one Beethoven wrote for a piano transcription of the concerto, had her in riotous dialogue with the timpanist and other members of the ensemble.
  — Mark Swed, latimes.com, 8 June 2018
• Joseph Pereira, the orchestra’s principal timpanist, proved an especially important agent of elevation by giving the rhythmic drive at the center of Bruckner an extra lift.
  — Mark Swed, latimes.com, 15 Dec. 2017