How to Use symphony orchestra in a Sentence

symphony orchestra

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  • She's a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
  • In the first place, so far as is known, this was the first symphony orchestra concert ever played on the deck of a Navy ship.
    — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Violins that are hundreds of years old still have seats in the top symphony orchestras around the world.
    — Parker Hall, WIRED, 29 June 2023
  • But watching a great movie while a full symphony orchestra plays the soundtrack live?
    — Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 29 Aug. 2019
  • It’s a center of jazz going back 100 years, and it's known for having a great symphony orchestra.
    — Alessandro Corona, The Enquirer, 7 June 2022
  • Elite art practice would be the ballet or the symphony orchestra.
    — Ariana Marsh, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Finale Ligure, a sun-baked town at the edge of the Ligurian Sea, has no symphony orchestra or opera house.
    — Eric Lipton, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2017
  • And all that’s left to be heard are Lars Ulrich’s drums thundering over the precise acoustic work of the large symphony orchestra that surrounds the four men.
    — Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2019
  • The first was a profile of the flutist Demarre McGill, who had performed a concerto with the local symphony orchestra.
    — New York Times, 13 Oct. 2020
  • Heyward, 31, is the youngest music director of one of the two dozen biggest-budget symphony orchestras in the U.S.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Still, the first African American to conduct a professional symphony orchestra in the U.S. and began playing the first song of the evening.
    — Brandon Drenon, The Indianapolis Star, 16 July 2021
  • These days, 20 years is a long tenure for the music director of a symphony orchestra.
    — Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 7 May 2020
  • Live performances of popular films by symphony orchestras have seen a boom in the past decade.
    — Wei-Huan Chen, Houston Chronicle, 24 Jan. 2018
  • Joining the union officials were a handful of musicians from the symphony orchestra, who played a few songs.
    — Jeff Barker, baltimoresun.com, 20 July 2019
  • These Ellington scores tend to suffer from a symphony orchestra’s failure to swing.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
  • Brahms was a mostly large-scale composer who presided over a continuing growth of the size of the symphony orchestra.
    — Daniel Gelernter, National Review, 8 June 2019
  • 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
  • During one musical sketch, cast member Mikey Day played a stuffy conductor of a symphony orchestra in need of a flutist.
    — Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2022
  • For much of its history, the Philharmonic, the oldest symphony orchestra in the United States, was closed off to women.
    — Javier C. Hernández, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Jigar Shah is living an investor’s dream, one with more strings attached than a symphony orchestra.
    — Scott Patterson, WSJ, 3 July 2023
  • The Chorale’s production, conducted by Brett Karlin, is scored for a full symphony orchestra, double choir and four soloists.
    — Greg Carannante, Sun Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Bring your picnic blankets and get ready to dig into the culinary treats of local food trucks for a movie under the stars accompanied by a live 52-piece symphony orchestra and jazz band.
    — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Get a private group tour to learn in greater depth about the artwork on display or watch a major city’s symphony orchestra perform a moving rendition.
    — Tracey Sawyer, Forbes, 29 June 2022
  • It’s not an anomaly for a symphony orchestra and an opera company to share a music director.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2021
  • For Flea, playing music — trumpet in his youth, with dreams of being in a symphony orchestra — was a means of avoiding his stepdad, an abusive addict.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Moreover, The Shell will be the first permanent, year-round bayside concert venue in the nation that is operated by a symphony orchestra.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2021
  • But anytime a fortissimo surfaced in any of the scores it was turbocharged into the volume level of a symphony orchestra.
    — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Gray, a musician in San Diego for 40 years, will lead the chorale accompanied by symphony orchestra in performing a range of music.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2021
  • Filming in Hungary offers everything from a massive amount of production space and a 20-year strong tax rebate to eight symphony orchestras and thermal baths.
    — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2024
  • About the Charlotte Symphony The orchestra was founded in 1932 and is the oldest operating symphony orchestra in the Carolinas.
    — Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 18 Apr. 2024

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