as in symphonies
a usually large group of musicians playing together
the orchestra will be performing a selection of Beethoven pieces tomorrow night
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Recent Examples of orchestras
Occasionally, albeit rarely, departing musicians return to their old orchestras.
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Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025
Listen to this article March is Connecticut Orchestra Month, with nearly 30 participating orchestras throughout the state offering nearly 50 events.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 9 Mar. 2025
What is regarded as one of the greatest pieces of classical sacred music and Johann Sebastian Bach’s most ambitious work will be performed by three choirs, two orchestras, two conductors, and six soloists in one of the world’s largest Gothic cathedrals.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2025
Weaver Yankee said some orchestras have a chorus that performs with them from time to time, but the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus work together on a regular basis.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
Beck will bring his symphonic reinvention back to North American stages this summer, with nine concerts across eight cities backed by local orchestras.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2025
Often traveling far from her neighborhood to play with orchestras, she was reminded of her distinct otherness at each rehearsal.
—Pauleanna Reid, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
The stories her music tells—now spine-tingling, now gravely contemplative—have won her commissions from top orchestras, Grammy nominations, and more than 11 million plays on Spotify, not to mention exposure at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
—Matthew Gurewitsch, airmail.news, 8 Feb. 2025
Arranging her songs for orchestras, programming cutting edge beats, and writing lyrics with wit, emotion, and historical and literary inspirations, Björk is an art pop icon and one of the world’s most original living songwriters.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 22 Jan. 2025
Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025
Listen to this article March is Connecticut Orchestra Month, with nearly 30 participating orchestras throughout the state offering nearly 50 events.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 9 Mar. 2025
What is regarded as one of the greatest pieces of classical sacred music and Johann Sebastian Bach’s most ambitious work will be performed by three choirs, two orchestras, two conductors, and six soloists in one of the world’s largest Gothic cathedrals.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2025
Weaver Yankee said some orchestras have a chorus that performs with them from time to time, but the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus work together on a regular basis.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
Beck will bring his symphonic reinvention back to North American stages this summer, with nine concerts across eight cities backed by local orchestras.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2025
Often traveling far from her neighborhood to play with orchestras, she was reminded of her distinct otherness at each rehearsal.
—Pauleanna Reid, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
The stories her music tells—now spine-tingling, now gravely contemplative—have won her commissions from top orchestras, Grammy nominations, and more than 11 million plays on Spotify, not to mention exposure at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
—Matthew Gurewitsch, airmail.news, 8 Feb. 2025
Arranging her songs for orchestras, programming cutting edge beats, and writing lyrics with wit, emotion, and historical and literary inspirations, Björk is an art pop icon and one of the world’s most original living songwriters.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Orchestras.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orchestras. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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