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orchestra

[awr-kuh-struh] / ˈɔr kə strə /
NOUN
symphony
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During the standoff with Wataka, the agency insisted the orchestra pay nearly $800 in copyright fees for its concert.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

By the time the licensing officer returned the orchestra was prepared.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

No orchestra has brought back its commission over the last half century, and only Chicago and New York recorded their commissions.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

That sense of liberation is clearly behind Del Tredici’s “Final Alice,” an hourlong romp around the ending of “Alice in Wonderland” for superhuman soprano and orchestra.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

It was like standing in the center of a huge orchestra, with kettle drums pounding on all sides.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

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

That funded America’s six top orchestras to each commission a major work that all six would play.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

For Daniel-Hoste, a classically trained pipe organist who plays in regional orchestras and teaches piano on the side, his expenditures hardly seemed exorbitant.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

When he is not conducting orchestras, Harding works as a pilot for Air France.

From Barron's May 26, 2026

The fact that there are now women playing for symphony orchestras is not a trivial change.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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