orchestra
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There are creaky sections with various bits of percussion and tapped string overtones conveying an otherworldly Harry Partch-like texture, the sort of junkyard orchestra that inspired Tom Waits in the 1980s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
He formed the orchestra - named after a friend of his mother's - 30 years ago, playing contemporary arrangements of classic jazz and American Songbook standards.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Timo Kurkikangas’s sound design could use some tweaks—the spoken text was sometimes tinny or drowned out by the orchestra.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
This Music May Contain Hope fuses old-school jazz with an orchestra, blues, big band and soul, reflecting what Raye told the BBC last year.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
"The orchestra would be incomplete without the viola. It is the soul of the orchestra. You may not always be able to discern its sound, but you always know when it is missing."
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
Vocabulary lists containing orchestra
Music - Introductory
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Music - Middle School
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Theater - Introductory
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