the orchestra

noun

US
: a group of seats in a theater that are close to the stage

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The concert will feature music spanning the orchestra's 90-year history. Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 9 Aug. 2025 After joining the orchestra on its recent tour to the Mahler Festival in Amsterdam, Turner sought out the orchestra’s 1971 recording of Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with then-music director Georg Solti. Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025 The reports, which the orchestra’s lawyers added as separate exhibits to motions to dismiss the two lawsuits, enumerate multiple allegations of misconduct against both men, inside and outside the orchestra: the 11 faced by Wang and three claims of misconduct against Muckey, including Kizer’s. Sammy Sussman, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025 Symphony assistant conductor Daniel Wiley will lead the orchestra. Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for the orchestra

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