as in orchestra
a usually large group of musicians playing together
plays oboe in the local symphony orchestra
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Recent Examples of symphony orchestra
For the festival the trio, featuring double bass, drums and piano, will be enhanced by a symphony orchestra that will perform contemporary jazz and world music compositions, orchestrated traditional Hebrew-Ladino songs, as well as classical works.
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Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Ben Folds Orchestral Tour 2025 hits Cincinnati next month
The Ben Folds Orchestral Tour combines Folds' piano skills with pops and symphony orchestras across the country.
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Mar. 2025
If approved, the music hall will accommodate an audience of 728 people and a stage big enough to support a symphony orchestra, according to MYAC CEO Allen Dennis.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2025
In Montreal Nas will perform with a full symphony orchestra.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
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Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Ben Folds Orchestral Tour 2025 hits Cincinnati next month
The Ben Folds Orchestral Tour combines Folds' piano skills with pops and symphony orchestras across the country.
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Mar. 2025
If approved, the music hall will accommodate an audience of 728 people and a stage big enough to support a symphony orchestra, according to MYAC CEO Allen Dennis.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2025
In Montreal Nas will perform with a full symphony orchestra.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for symphony orchestra
Noun
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For decades after the rebuild, nightly dinners at the lodge restaurant would be accompanied by talent shows, dances and music by college orchestras.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 July 2025
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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Westville Music Bowl, 45 Yale Ave., New Haven Australian rockers King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard are the latest band this summer to play Westville Music Bowl backed by a local orchestra.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
26 July 2025
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Twin Cities native Isaac Thompson, currently president and CEO of the Oregon Symphony, has been appointed the Minnesota Orchestra’s president and CEO, the symphony announced Friday.—
Ross Raihala,
Twin Cities,
18 July 2025
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Where the local militia drilled in colonial times, a symphony now plays on the Fourth of July holiday.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
10 July 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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“Symphony orchestra.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/symphony%20orchestra. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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