symphony orchestra
noun
: a large orchestra of winds, strings, and percussion that plays symphonic works
Examples of symphony orchestra in a Sentence
She's a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
plays oboe in the local symphony orchestra
Recent Examples on the Web
About the Charlotte Symphony The orchestra was founded in 1932 and is the oldest operating symphony orchestra in the Carolinas.
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Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 18 Apr. 2024
With costs spiraling and revenues pretty static, the viability of the big opera company and the large symphony orchestra continues to be in question.
—Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024
But that doesn’t prevent this 1999 CSU East Bay music graduate and symphony orchestra veteran from using her instrument to play lead guitar lines with her Bay Area band, Dirty Cello.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2024
Sometimes with Michael Giacchino scores, they'll be performed again by symphony orchestras.
—Devan Coggan, EW.com, 14 July 2023
Bernstein, a Massachusetts native born in 1918, was the first U.S.-born conductor to lead a major American symphony orchestra.
—Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023
The test is whether collisions can be averted, and whether those that occur can be managed more successfully than the months-long spat over the spy balloon — not whether the two countries agree to share symphony orchestras or pandas.
—Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2023
The event brings the beloved 2003 Christmas flick to the silver screen alongside a live performance of John Debney’s score by a full symphony orchestra led by the film composer himself.
—Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
Nevertheless, its symphony orchestra and a tri-partite performing arts center (lingering criticisms of too conservative a repertoire aside) give Buffalo an outsize heft in the arts.
—Peter Plagens, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2023
Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 18 Apr. 2024
With costs spiraling and revenues pretty static, the viability of the big opera company and the large symphony orchestra continues to be in question.
—Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024
But that doesn’t prevent this 1999 CSU East Bay music graduate and symphony orchestra veteran from using her instrument to play lead guitar lines with her Bay Area band, Dirty Cello.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2024
Sometimes with Michael Giacchino scores, they'll be performed again by symphony orchestras.
—Devan Coggan, EW.com, 14 July 2023
Bernstein, a Massachusetts native born in 1918, was the first U.S.-born conductor to lead a major American symphony orchestra.
—Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023
The test is whether collisions can be averted, and whether those that occur can be managed more successfully than the months-long spat over the spy balloon — not whether the two countries agree to share symphony orchestras or pandas.
—Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2023
The event brings the beloved 2003 Christmas flick to the silver screen alongside a live performance of John Debney’s score by a full symphony orchestra led by the film composer himself.
—Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
Nevertheless, its symphony orchestra and a tri-partite performing arts center (lingering criticisms of too conservative a repertoire aside) give Buffalo an outsize heft in the arts.
—Peter Plagens, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2023
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