chamber orchestra

noun

: a small orchestra usually with one player for each part

Examples of chamber orchestra in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The approximately 20-minute concerto draws on Venezuelan folk harp traditions and features a solo harp accompanied by a chamber orchestra. — Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

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

Thile, guitarist Blake Mills, drummer Matt Chamberlain and a 17-piece chamber orchestra from the University of Southern California. — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above