chorale

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as in choir
an organized group of singers a chorale that is regarded as being among the best in the state

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Recent Examples of chorale The Bay Area brims with scores of chorales of every variety, from Cantare con Vivo to WomenSing, Schola Cantorum and more. Brittany Delay, The Mercury News, 7 May 2024 But to have the chorale perform a multimedia piece is new for them and a company their size. James Russell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2024 The blend of voices and the unified commitment is one of the hallmarks of the chorale. Patrick Neas, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2024 But rather than juice the story with agitated music, Ruo overlays it with reverent chorales. An Epic Set, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for chorale
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Noun
  • Frost is the president of the Hymn Society of the United States and Canada, giving recitals and leading hymn concerts throughout the country.
    Del Mar Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The hymn originated as a poem written by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson in 1900, with its verses paired with music composed by Johnson’s brother, John Rosamond Johnson.
    Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 9 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • He was inspired to take up the vibraphone after seeing Lionel Hampton’s Big Band at the age of five, and took piano lessons and sang in the church choir.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
  • As a child, Ayers also sang in church choir and learned the piano before studying music theory at Los Angeles City College and eventually signing his first contract with United Artists in the early ’60s.
    Zoe G. Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Over the years, the band has consistently delivered hard-hitting anthems that resonate with fans, and its latest album, Popular Monster, has only reinforced its position as one of the most dominant acts in modern rock.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The grunge anthem made for an apropos song choice as Lombard Jr. – who smoked a line drive to left – is the youngest player in Yankees camp.
    Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Weaver Yankee said some orchestras have a chorus that performs with them from time to time, but the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus work together on a regular basis.
    Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Logan Paul entered the Chamber to a chorus of boos.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The Lady Olive certainly sank: All of its crew members escaped in lifeboats, singing psalms to stave off hypothermia, and were saved after 36 hours at sea.
    Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
  • He is known as the patron saint of bookbinders and wrote an illustrative book of psalms while at the monastery of St. Finnian, according to Discovering Ireland.
    Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 15 Mar. 2024

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“Chorale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chorale. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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