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orchestra

noun as in symphony

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To avoid the risk of being played off the stage by the academy’s orchestra, let’s share the winners quickly:

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The score requires a monster orchestra with a blockbuster brass section and an audience capable of patience and goodwill.

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Now 93, with his baton mostly set aside, Williams still looms over the Bowl each summer, his music echoing through the amphitheater, played by the orchestra he helped make synonymous with Hollywood.

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Mulcahy realized that if her flight got cancelled, she might not make it in time for a Wednesday orchestra rehearsal and other key meetings and events.

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The Royal Family stood and applauded as the Chelsea Pensioners - retired British Army veterans - entered the auditorium and marched across the stage, while an orchestra performed the Boys Of The Old Brigade.

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