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as in orchestrator
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as in organizer
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Recent Examples of arranger
Mary Mitchell-Campbell, who received the Tonys’ Isabelle Stevenson Award for philanthropic or advocacy work, is a respected musical arranger and music director.
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Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
8 June 2026
At times during his bombastic, table-shaking, enigmatic career, the singer, arranger, musician, and producer came off as a restless indie artist masquerading as a multiplatinum megastar.
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Keith Murphy,
VIBE.com,
7 June 2026
While the sets, lighting, costume changes and visual effects are stunners, the music by composer and arranger Imogen Heap is shockingly generic, like the copyright-free soundtrack of a YouTube ad, blandly calibrated and recalling nothing of John Williams’ iconic themes for the films.
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John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
4 June 2026
Thompson speaks to his experience not only as a drummer, but also as a producer, arranger, and DJ, demonstrating an extraordinarily wide perspective on the business.
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Juliet Izon,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
Impressed with his vocals, Biscoe encouraged the young singer to go solo and signed him to work as an arranger, producer and writer.
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Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
2 June 2026
Cimafunk Inspired as much by the funk of James Brown as by African rhythms, EDM, and the music of his native Pinar del Río, Cimafunk got his start as a session arranger in Havana.
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Bill Kopp,
SPIN,
13 May 2026
Campbell, a Grammy and Drama Desk Award-winning music director, conductor, orchestrator, composer and arranger, has led the music department for more than a dozen Broadway shows including Death Becomes Her, Once Upon A Mattress and Some Like it Hot.
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Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Apr. 2026
Liston changed history by becoming the first woman soloist, trombone player, composer and arranger to play on stage alongside men.
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Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Apr. 2026
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
8 June 2026
At times during his bombastic, table-shaking, enigmatic career, the singer, arranger, musician, and producer came off as a restless indie artist masquerading as a multiplatinum megastar.
—
Keith Murphy,
VIBE.com,
7 June 2026
While the sets, lighting, costume changes and visual effects are stunners, the music by composer and arranger Imogen Heap is shockingly generic, like the copyright-free soundtrack of a YouTube ad, blandly calibrated and recalling nothing of John Williams’ iconic themes for the films.
—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
4 June 2026
Thompson speaks to his experience not only as a drummer, but also as a producer, arranger, and DJ, demonstrating an extraordinarily wide perspective on the business.
—
Juliet Izon,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
Impressed with his vocals, Biscoe encouraged the young singer to go solo and signed him to work as an arranger, producer and writer.
—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
2 June 2026
Cimafunk Inspired as much by the funk of James Brown as by African rhythms, EDM, and the music of his native Pinar del Río, Cimafunk got his start as a session arranger in Havana.
—
Bill Kopp,
SPIN,
13 May 2026
Campbell, a Grammy and Drama Desk Award-winning music director, conductor, orchestrator, composer and arranger, has led the music department for more than a dozen Broadway shows including Death Becomes Her, Once Upon A Mattress and Some Like it Hot.
—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Apr. 2026
Liston changed history by becoming the first woman soloist, trombone player, composer and arranger to play on stage alongside men.
—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arranger
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Harold Wheeler, the veteran orchestrator on Broadway and longtime musical director for ABC’s Dancing With the Stars, has died.
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Harold Wheeler, a prolific and Tony-winning Broadway orchestrator, composer and conductor who for 17 seasons served as musical director for ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, died following a lengthy illness Wednesday, June 24, at his home in Los Angeles.
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Avila Chevalier, a Democratic Socialists of America member and community organizer, was endorsed by Mamdani in a shocking blow to incumbent Espaillat, who has held the seat since 2017 and backed Mamdani in the general election after supporting Cuomo in the Democratic primary.
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The Libertyville Civic Center Foundation (LCCF) is the organizer of the annual Libertyville Days Festival, which features a carnival, the parade and this year, many new family-friendly activities in Cook Park.
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The goal scorer then took an artful first touch before drilling it home.
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Neymar, Brazil’s all-time scorer in international competition, was back on the pitch and playing for his home country for the first time in 981 days.
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Below, shop the eight best designer bags at Coach Outlet.
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The Juszczyks became friendly with Swift after Kelce started dating her in 2023 — enough that Kristin enjoyed a career-defining moment as an aspiring fashion designer, courtesy of the Grammy winner.
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Tate is a citizen of the Chickasaw nation and a classical composer, best known for fusing classical composition with a blend of Indigenous storytelling, language structure, and music to create a particular style of Indigenous classical music.
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The jurors are actor and writer Joel Kim Booster, Creative Director of EON Productions Heather Callow, composer Laura Karpman, documentary filmmaker Smriti Mundhra, and actor and comedian Nico Santos.
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Wedding planner Nicole Simeral, dressed in black, stood outside the small white chapel across from the massive yellow Ocean House hotel — Swift's neighbor on the beach — waving along cars and buses that slowed and directing traffic to keep moving.
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The agent can tell the planner where the source data came from, which parameters the calculation was based on, the decision-tree logic, and, for the mathematically minded, even the formula.
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As Sabbath’s primary lyricist during the Ozzy years, Geezer established heavy metal’s obsessions with dread, apocalypse, insanity, and the darker corners of spirituality.
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The distinction is further underscored by the involvement of The Roots, whose co-founder and lead MC, Black Thought, is widely regarded as one of hip-hop's greatest lyricists.
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The film is set in a declining industrial city in Northeast China and traces a young man’s search for his father, a small-time schemer who chased quick riches during the freewheeling capitalist surge of the late 1990s and early 2000s in Southern China.
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Readers may learn about the Florida aquifer, cowhunters, deadhead logging, old-school conservationists such as Marjory Stoneman Douglas and even Charles Ponzi, the famed schemer.
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“Arranger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arranger. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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