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Recent Examples of brass band
Soon, she was flanked by two massive brass bands and an army of dancers, as the intimacy exploded into a pyrotechnic spectacle.
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Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2025
This year, starting in June, there has been a mix of mambo, funk, soul, brass band big band and more.
—The Know, Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2025
Fans fill streets in poignant send-off for Ozzy Osbourne
Hundreds of fans and friends gathered in Birmingham, England, for a funeral procession to say farewell to Ozzy Osbourn as a hearse accompanied by a brass band carried the metal icon's casket through the streets of his hometown.
—USA Today, 2 Aug. 2025
Osbourne's body will travel in a hearse accompanied by a brass band and head to Black Sabbath Bridge and bench, where thousands of fans have already paid their respects with flowers and tributes, per a release from the council.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 31 July 2025
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Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2025
This year, starting in June, there has been a mix of mambo, funk, soul, brass band big band and more.
—The Know, Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2025
Fans fill streets in poignant send-off for Ozzy Osbourne
Hundreds of fans and friends gathered in Birmingham, England, for a funeral procession to say farewell to Ozzy Osbourn as a hearse accompanied by a brass band carried the metal icon's casket through the streets of his hometown.
—USA Today, 2 Aug. 2025
Osbourne's body will travel in a hearse accompanied by a brass band and head to Black Sabbath Bridge and bench, where thousands of fans have already paid their respects with flowers and tributes, per a release from the council.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 31 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brass band
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Under the baton of Conductor Laureate Christopher Warren-Green, the Charlotte Symphony will be joined by Sphinx Virtuosi, the chamber orchestra of the Sphinx Organization, a national non-profit organization based in Detroit.—
Liz Rothaus Bertrand,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Sep. 2025
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Venue: Park Avenue Armory Georg Friedrich Haas encircles the audience with a chamber orchestra plus 50 pianos tuned to explore the microtonal world of notes between the notes.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Young musicians coming out of music schools should be aware of all the other kinds of music, and should be able to play those other types of music, because 95 percent of them will not play in symphony orchestras or as soloists.—
George Varga,
Mercury News,
28 July 2025
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Every sizable American city has its symphony orchestra, but will this always be true?—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
20 July 2025
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Szymon Laks, conductor of one of several male orchestras at Auschwitz-Birkenau, vehemently refuted the notion that music was helpful to anyone in the camp.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
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Wayans also remembers how Tipping would mime a conductor directing an orchestra on set, signaling his star to go off leash for the next take.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Brass band.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brass%20band. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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