accompanist

Example Sentences

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Since I had a piano accompanist at home—my dad—I focused on singing and would perform for anyone who’d listen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

The crowd roared with every pitch and kept their water bottles to themselves, a worthy accompanist to a team flirting with greatness.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2024

Not to be forgotten: associate music director and pianist Riley Brule, who transcends the role of accompanist with a few choice interjections and a sight gag involving a pair of moose antlers.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2023

Having safely ferried Heifetz and his entourage — his bodyguard, his son, his accompanist — to the King David, the Jeeps drove away.

From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2023

Who should be her accompanist when she returned?

From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman