orchestra
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Yet until now, the orchestra has never reprised this intensely thoughtful and emotionally freighted piece.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Throughout the show, vintage video clips and moments from his early career played across a massive LED screen, while an orchestra and a few guitarists accompanied him on stage.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
The enigmatic trumpets sounded at the film’s beginning re-enter, their meaning now terribly clear; the orchestra convulses and collapses, and Alex marches upstairs, shown in an aerial shot punctuated with doleful timpani.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
She relied on the advantages of a modern orchestra rather than sampling the fashionable music-history approach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
“This hallway is mainly 8th grade, but it also has the music rooms. We have band, orchestra, and chorus. Would you like to see the music rooms?” the secretary asks, sounding bored.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
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Gospel choirs, country musicians, jazz ensembles, mariachi groups, Indigenous performers, military bands and local community orchestras share stages throughout the city.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
The venue hosted jazz and vocal legends like Ella Fitzgerald and Al Cooper alongside band battles between the Chick Webb, Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman orchestras.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Like Dudamel, who began conducting student orchestras in Venezuela in his early teens, Harding was already making waves at a young age.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026
Daniel Harding, a British conductor with a storied career leading Europe's top orchestras, will take the helm of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the institution announced Tuesday.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
He wanted to write musicals and conduct Broadway orchestras.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
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Music - Introductory
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Music - Middle School
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Theater - Introductory
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