as in symphony
a usually large group of musicians playing together
the orchestra will be performing a selection of Beethoven pieces tomorrow night
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Here’s how the campaign funding will be directed: ▪ $40 million towards the endowment, increasing long-term sustainability and bringing the symphony’s endowment closer to peer orchestras in similar-sized cities.
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Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2025
Photo: Russ Ross Photography for Corcoran Goode played clarinet, composed, and launched groups including an Indonesian Gamelan orchestra.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 22 May 2025
While the show’s famed opening theme was created by Danny Elfman (though Clausen rearranged it beginning in Season 3), Clausen scored hundreds of memorable moments in Springfield over the course of nearly 600 episodes, with Clausen reportedly commanding a 35-piece orchestra for each show.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 31 May 2025
Clausen conducted a 35-piece orchestra every week, something producers insisted upon from the beginning.
—Jon Burlingame, Variety, 30 May 2025
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Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2025
Photo: Russ Ross Photography for Corcoran Goode played clarinet, composed, and launched groups including an Indonesian Gamelan orchestra.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 22 May 2025
While the show’s famed opening theme was created by Danny Elfman (though Clausen rearranged it beginning in Season 3), Clausen scored hundreds of memorable moments in Springfield over the course of nearly 600 episodes, with Clausen reportedly commanding a 35-piece orchestra for each show.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 31 May 2025
Clausen conducted a 35-piece orchestra every week, something producers insisted upon from the beginning.
—Jon Burlingame, Variety, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for orchestra
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The set includes eight, ten and 12-inch fry pans with corresponding lids to create a symphony of delicious entrées.—
Nora Colomer
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FOXNews.com,
6 June 2025
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Upon startup, the driver's eyes are treated to a visual symphony of Maybach logos across the car's various screens.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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Back in New York their evenings were spent at the ballet, the philharmonic, the opera.—
Irina Aleksander,
Vogue,
11 Dec. 2024
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The philharmonic then contracted with Tracey Levy of Levy Employment Law to conduct an independent second investigation.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
6 Nov. 2024
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“Orchestra.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orchestra. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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