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sinfonietta

noun

Definition of sinfonietta

as in orchestra

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Recent Examples of sinfonietta And much of the balance between his group and the sinfonietta was yet to be hashed out. — Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2022

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Noun

The Uptown would also sometimes bring in a full orchestra to accompany films.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
He was made concertmaster in his youth orchestra and was always curious about what all the other instruments were doing.

— Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of orchestra

Noun

Friday night opens with the Ed Wagner Brass Band, an authentic German-style brass band.

— Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
Visitors to the Rock Island Bridge will get a chance to hear live jazz and brass band numbers from The Jumpen Carps on Saturday night.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of brass band

Noun

Young Hindoyan was particularly captivated by Jascha Heifetz’s violin sound and by the codas in every first movement of Bruckner’s symphonies.

— Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
The theater, the ballet, the opera, and the symphony, where turning off your phone is gleefully enforced, are sanctuaries.

— Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of symphony

Noun

The performance film was recorded at Sony’s FYC event, where Bowers and Parsons performed the suite with a full chamber orchestra, with Bowers on piano.

— Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 16 Aug. 2026
For example, the orchestra performs Iain Farrington’s transformation of Claude Debussy’s Cello Sonata — originally a cello and piano piece — into a work for chamber orchestra.

— Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 22 May 2026

Definition of chamber orchestra

Noun

Kohl Hall will be part of the school where Colburn’s symphony orchestra, bands, youth string programs and children’s choirs will perform.

— Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
But the singer has supplemented her folk and folk-rock forays with stints as a jazz singer and collaborations with symphony orchestras and the Kronos Quartet.

— Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of symphony orchestra

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