Examples of choirmaster in a Sentence
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Presented in the Robert T. Anderson series sponsored by the Dallas Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, Tarrant is organist and choirmaster of St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral in Detroit and a lecturer in organ at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
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Dallas News, 15 Feb. 2023
Sherilyn Stewart, the church’s organist and choirmaster since 2014, said the organ became far more difficult to play — its pedal board almost unusable — in the years prior to Jim’s work.
—Dallas News, 23 Nov. 2022
The National Confectioners Association says a choirmaster originally gave the red-and-white-striped candies to young children to keep them quiet during marathon church services.
—Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 23 Sep. 2022
Encouraged by her choirmaster (Eugenio Derbez), Ruby applies to a prestigious music school, only to be torn between the obligations of family and pursuing her own dreams.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Mar. 2022
Also set for this year’s ceremony is the Samples, a vocal group led by Kanye’s Sunday Service choirmaster Jason White.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2022
And just when the song is shepherding you softly to sleep, choirmaster Kirk Franklin brings the gospel choir in and kicks things up a notch.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2021
When Edith Ho heard that the organist and choirmaster position was open at Boston’s Church of the Advent, her initial response was to send others to apply.
—BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2021
The choirmaster, Bernardo Villalobos (Eugenio Derbez), or Mr. V. to his students, is unorthodox in his methods but, despite her running out of class the first day because of stage fright, knows there is something special about Ruby and her voice.
—Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2021
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Dallas News, 15 Feb. 2023
Sherilyn Stewart, the church’s organist and choirmaster since 2014, said the organ became far more difficult to play — its pedal board almost unusable — in the years prior to Jim’s work.
—Dallas News, 23 Nov. 2022
The National Confectioners Association says a choirmaster originally gave the red-and-white-striped candies to young children to keep them quiet during marathon church services.
—Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 23 Sep. 2022
Encouraged by her choirmaster (Eugenio Derbez), Ruby applies to a prestigious music school, only to be torn between the obligations of family and pursuing her own dreams.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Mar. 2022
Also set for this year’s ceremony is the Samples, a vocal group led by Kanye’s Sunday Service choirmaster Jason White.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2022
And just when the song is shepherding you softly to sleep, choirmaster Kirk Franklin brings the gospel choir in and kicks things up a notch.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2021
When Edith Ho heard that the organist and choirmaster position was open at Boston’s Church of the Advent, her initial response was to send others to apply.
—BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2021
The choirmaster, Bernardo Villalobos (Eugenio Derbez), or Mr. V. to his students, is unorthodox in his methods but, despite her running out of class the first day because of stage fright, knows there is something special about Ruby and her voice.
—Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2021
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1840, in the meaning defined above
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choirmaster
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choir·mas·ter
-ˌmas-tər 
: the director of a choir
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