symphony orchestra

noun

Updated on: 16 Mar 2018

Definition of symphony orchestra

: a large orchestra of winds, strings, and percussion that plays symphonic works

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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 of symphony orchestra from the Web

The Art Troupe includes a symphony orchestra, a boys' dance team, a martial arts team, an aerobics team, a Chinese folk dance and a Chinese traditional music team, for a total of 81 performers.

— patricia dillon, Houston Chronicle, "Chinese Art Troupe wows The Woodlands with cultural performances," 1 Feb. 2018
Live performances of popular films by symphony orchestras have seen a boom in the past decade.

— wei-huan chen, Houston Chronicle, "'Star Wars,' Joshua Bell headline Houston Symphony's 2018-19 season," 24 Jan. 2018
With three full-time opera houses, seven major symphony orchestras and numerous world-class choirs, all lavishly funded by the German government, Berlin may well be the most musically active city on earth.

— a. j. goldmann, New York Times, "Meet the New Generation Leading Berlin’s Classical Scene," 19 Jan. 2018
The All-National Honor Ensembles consist of a concert band, symphony orchestra, mixed choir and jazz ensemble.

— laura groch, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Three Poway USD students chosen for All-National Honor Ensembles," 19 Oct. 2017
The Nutcracker Long Beach Ballet performs with a full symphony orchestra and guest dancers from Pacific Northwest Ballet.

— matt cooper, latimes.com, "The week ahead in L.A. dance, Dec. 10-17: Moscow Ballet's 'Great Russian Nutcracker' and more," 10 Dec. 2017
The concert band and symphony orchestra will each have 155 and 152 instrumentalists respectively, the jazz ensemble 20 instrumentalists, and the mixed choir 281 vocalists.

— laura groch, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Three Poway USD students chosen for All-National Honor Ensembles," 19 Oct. 2017
The concert band will have 155 students, the symphony orchestra 152 students, the jazz ensemble 20 students and the mixed choir 281 students.

— emily sorensen, Pomerado News, "Three PUSD student musicians in All-National Honor Ensembles," 27 Sep. 2017
In addition to the symphony orchestra and mixed choir, the All-National Honor Ensembles also consist of a concert band and jazz ensemble.

— emily sorensen, Pomerado News, "Three PUSD student musicians in All-National Honor Ensembles," 27 Sep. 2017

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