symphony orchestra

noun

|Updated on: 7 Jun 2018

Examples: symphony orchestra in a Sentence

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

Our demanding schedule is on par with a professional symphony orchestra’s.

— don maines, Houston Chronicle, "Trumpet player up for music fest’s challenge," 31 May 2018
Unlike most other cities with fewer than 40,000 people, Midland had cultural institutions such as an arts center and a symphony orchestra, due largely to the philanthropy of Dow and its corporate leaders.

— paul egan, Detroit Free Press, "How 1 lost election changed Michigan governor candidate Bill Schuette," 25 May 2018
The facility’s cavernous hexagonal shaped 300m squared live room big enough to house a full symphony orchestra and choir simultaneously -- has also made AIR an in-demand booking for film composers and Hollywood studios.

— richard smirke, Billboard, "George Martin Founded AIR Studios Up For Sale," 7 May 2018
In a city’s cultural ecosystem, big symphony orchestras tend to make their presence known, often with a marketing bullhorn.

— jeremy eichler, BostonGlobe.com, "A chamber series grows in Dorchester," 9 Apr. 2018
The symphony orchestra’s concertmaster, Netanel Draiblate, will be program director.

— Washington Post, "With academy program, symphony hopes to address diversity," 12 Apr. 2018
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

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