How to Use orchestra in a Sentence

orchestra

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  • He plays violin in the school orchestra.
  • The artists will be backed by a 70-piece orchestra and a house band.
    — Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 16 Apr. 2023
  • For the last three years, Luke has been a member of our string orchestra.
    — Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2024
  • The evening will have a live orchestra led by Danny Elfman.
    — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Then Boston beckoned, with the chance to take the helm of one of the oldest and most prestigious orchestras in the United States.
    — Tim Page, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
  • And some orchestras, like the New York Philharmonic, tune to 442 Hz.
    — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Backed by an orchestra, their voices boomed as the pair shared stratospheric notes.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 7 May 2023
  • They got started with the septet and the surviving members of Duke Ellington’s orchestra.
    — Okla Jones, Essence, 26 Sep. 2023
  • In the tech world, assembling the perfect team is akin to conducting an orchestra.
    — Shamaila Mahmood, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • That might mean joining the school orchestra or a sports team or doing volunteer work.
    — Phyllis Fagell, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Gajewski, along with his orchestra, was in fine form, handling the work’s many swerves and dives with ease and confidence.
    — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
  • There was a full orchestra, a full choir, two dozen ornamental bay trees.
    — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The release of Glow a couple of years later quickly inspired the live show, complete with a Big Band orchestra to copy the album’s sound.
    — Nancy Kruh, Peoplemag, 2 Dec. 2023
  • The orchestra shut down and, like all orchestras, lost plenty of money.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Prince performed live with a 22-piece orchestra and at one point pulled Hobson onstage.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024
  • According to the Times, Broadway shows have been staged with smaller orchestras.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 30 May 2023
  • Working in these settings, as well as with a real-life orchestra, brought its own challenges.
    — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The concert also features a full orchestra and a tribute to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, the release said.
    — Katia Parks, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The auctioneer swooped his hands like an orchestra conductor, trying to coax more money from the room.
    — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Like the sections of an orchestra playing without a conductor, the end result was often out of sync.
    — Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Sheet music, music stands and chairs were created for the live orchestra that allowed for the musicians to play to the best of their abilities.
    — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Brokeback Mountain has, like, a 60-piece string orchestra.
    — Ashley Foster, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Aug. 2023
  • An orchestra added swoops of strings and injected the song with its pulse while a chorus of young women in matching red pants and white shirts crooned the repetitive chorus.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024
  • These performers can vary from classical five-piece orchestras to jazz trios to rock bands.
    — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The Southbank Centre, home to London’s Philharmonic, gave her support and one year to find and launch her orchestra.
    — Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2023
  • The idea was to stand out on a crowded stage full of orchestra members and backing vocalists—to convey, unequivocally, that a star was in the room.
    — Mike Masterson, Arkansas Online, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The House of Aaron has a long history with music, and in a place with only a few hundred people, there is a community orchestra..
    — Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The festival space, built for over 2,000 audience members, featured a large stage and orchestra pit.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Auerbach also decided on a choral piece with a cello and full orchestra.
    — Mike Wagenheim, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Two recordings by jazz orchestras that are due out this month showcase stunning contrasts.
    — Martin Johnson, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2023

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