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brass band

noun

Definition of brass band

as in chamber orchestra

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Recent Examples of brass band There was a red carpet, a Bavarian brass band and local dignitaries. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 13 June 2026 The band, which will play traditional brass band music, was founded in 1860 as the Frankfort Silver Cornet Band before becoming the Frankfort Brass Band in 1897 and doing well for more than 30 years. — Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2026 On Sunday, beginning at noon, there will be more cookoffs, and brass band music. — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2026 The pop auteur emerged shortly after, leading a funeral procession–style parade of dancers and an eight-piece brass band performing somber, New Orleans–style jazz renditions of songs from her 2025 album Mayhem. — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for brass band

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For example, the orchestra performs Iain Farrington’s transformation of Claude Debussy’s Cello Sonata — originally a cello and piano piece — into a work for chamber orchestra.

— Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 22 May 2026
Thile, guitarist Blake Mills, drummer Matt Chamberlain and a 17-piece chamber orchestra from the University of Southern California.

— George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026

Definition of chamber orchestra

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Many of the faculty performers are members of major symphony orchestras.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2026
This led to the proliferation of the regional theater movement, said Eustis, as well as that of symphony orchestras and ballet companies.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026

Definition of symphony orchestra

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Later this year, the band plans to tour with a symphonic orchestra program.

— Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
The cast had an offsite orchestra playing in their ears and listeners with headphones were the only ones even aware that a performance was going on; everyone else barely noticed a few people in street clothes singing to themselves.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 29 July 2026

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