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Recent Examples of accompanist
Auditioners should prepare 16-24 bars of a contemporary musical theater piece; an accompanist and a speaker for recorded tracks will be provided.
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Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2025
Constantly in demand as a solo artist, accompanist, recording engineer and album producer, Sprague turned to other projects.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
The teacher, recitalist, and accompanist won first place in the Union League Civic & Arts Foundation’s 2009 classical piano competition.
—Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
That approach is elevated by the stellar quartet of James’ spiritual flurries of guitar strumming, G. Love and Special Sauce's Jeffrey Clemens on drums, plus the work of Nashville Symphony percussionist and his longtime accompanist Adrian Marmolejo on bass.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 28 June 2025
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Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2025
Constantly in demand as a solo artist, accompanist, recording engineer and album producer, Sprague turned to other projects.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
The teacher, recitalist, and accompanist won first place in the Union League Civic & Arts Foundation’s 2009 classical piano competition.
—Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
That approach is elevated by the stellar quartet of James’ spiritual flurries of guitar strumming, G. Love and Special Sauce's Jeffrey Clemens on drums, plus the work of Nashville Symphony percussionist and his longtime accompanist Adrian Marmolejo on bass.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 28 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accompanist
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Perhaps some level of pain is hard-coded into the life of a professional soloist, whose existence is structured around the act of performing complex music to an impossibly high standard.—
John Phipps,
New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2026
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The ballad spent five non-consecutive weeks at #1 on the Hot 100 beginning in January 2025, logged 51 weeks in the Top 10, and made history as the first annual Hot 100 Songs #1 duet by a female and male soloist each in lead roles over the chart's 67-year history.—
Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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The teacher, recitalist, and accompanist won first place in the Union League Civic & Arts Foundation’s 2009 classical piano competition.—
Myrna Petlicki,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Sep. 2025
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Waiting in the greenroom was Robert Alan York, a veteran organist who studied classical repertory and improvisation in Paris and also possesses an encyclopedic knowledge of the American songbook.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
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Anna von Hausswolff, Iconoclasts Some of the hardest rock and roll of the year came from … a pipe organist?—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
12 Dec. 2025
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In addition to Bell, his collaborators have included vocalist Kevyn Lettau, saxophonist Joe Marillo, guitarist Steve Laury, jazz vocalist Jeannie Bryson and jazz vocalist/pianist Ellyn Rucker.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
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Her late mother, a pianist and organist, taught her piano at an early age.—
Christina Mayo,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2026
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They were accompanied by vocal virtuosos Lucius and blues-rock rippers Judith Hill and Eric Krasno, each fixtures in the local music community trying to rebuild itself in the wake of the Eaton fire.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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Geese, a quartet of young rock virtuosos from Brooklyn, capture the vibe shift in freaky fidelity.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
12 Dec. 2025
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Saturday’s all-day schedule features sets by zydeco accordion maestro Ruben Moreno, Cajun standard bearers the Riley Family Band with David Greely and Sam Broussard, and soulful accordionist/vocalist Geno Delafose, scion of a zydeco dynasty.—
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2026
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After just one ceremony, Rivera applied to be the maestro’s apprentice.—
Mattha Busby,
Rolling Stone,
16 Jan. 2026
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The orchestra’s January 2026 concert schedule offers three programs, including a magnificent choral work, award-winning film scores featuring a legendary violinist and iconic masterpieces by Mozart and Beethoven.—
Luis Palomares,
Miami Herald,
14 Jan. 2026
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Accompanying Narucki to Los Angeles will be her husband, David Rutherford, and violinist Curtis Macomber and his wife, Judith Sherman.—
Beth Wood,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Jan. 2026
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Renowned trumpeter, composer and percussionist Etienne Charles is also on the closing night bill.—
Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Koan consists of trumpeter Ian Behrstock, alto saxophonist Danny Trainor, pianist Indra Carpio Pretel, guitarist Jameson Denyse, drummer Jahian Cooper-Monize and bassist Kai Caban.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
3 Jan. 2026
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“Accompanist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accompanist. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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