arranger

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Recent Examples of arranger 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 Several small group performances in the past couple of years worth of our concerts are directly attributable to his skills as an arranger, band leader, and performer. Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026 Introduced by legendary singer-songwriter Paul Simon, the performance featured a sweeping string arrangement originally conducted by Grammy-winning arranger Jules Buckley. Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 15 Mar. 2026 The songs in the special were instead sung by Gary Chase, who also served as score mixer, arranger, orchestrator and musician on the project. Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025 The pianist, composer and arranger — who served as the orchestra's longtime musical director — spent more than six decades turning El Gran Combo into one of the premier salsa institutions of Latin America and beyond. Isabella Gomez Sarmiento, NPR, 7 Dec. 2025 Motown Museum Chairwoman Robin Terry and musical arranger Paul Riser were also in attendance. Brian McCollum, USA Today, 1 Dec. 2025 But from the opening moments, set in the cozy cabinet of curiosities shop — cue orchestrator/arranger Matt Brind’s mysterious and twinkling Danny Elfman-esque underscoring — there’s real precision to Luke Sheppard’s production. David Benedict, Variety, 30 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arranger
Noun
  • Orlando needs an offensive orchestrator This series — and especially Game 2’s third quarter, Game 6’s second half and much of Game 7 — laid bare the Magic’s need for a primary ballhandler.
    Josh Robbins, New York Times, 3 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
Noun
  • This travel document organizer is slim, waterproof, and holds passports, boarding passes, cards, and other travel documents all in one place—perfect for older travelers.
    Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2026
  • Community organizer Rae Huang is also running at the left end of the political spectrum, while Adam Miller, who made a fortune on education software, has been courting moderate voters.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • The scorer of all four of Sassuolo’s goals that day was Domenico Berardi.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 7 May 2026
  • Without their leading scorer, the Lakers fought through a six-game, first-round series against the Houston Rockets, playing four of those games without Austin Reaves, who was also injured in the same game as Doncic.
    Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • This marked the first appearance of an embodied AI robot at a Met Gala pre-event, attracting significant attention from media, designers, and bystanders.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 6 May 2026
  • The designer regularly curates new collections and fresh apparel and is widely known for her signature splits at the end of her runway shows.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • The film features original songs and score by composers/lyricists Sharon Kenny and Kirsten Guenther, who are also collaborating on an upcoming stage musical produced by Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door/The Carlson Company.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 11 May 2026
  • Kate Ward-Smythe, the composer’s sister, acknowledged his death late Sunday on Facebook.
    Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
Noun
  • Working as a financial planner, Schipper approached business owners and church members Connie and Larry Van Oosten about managing their money.
    Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026
  • As Hayek understood, knowledge is dispersed in a world too complicated for any central planner to ever wrap their heads around.
    The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • The film features original songs and score by composers/lyricists Sharon Kenny and Kirsten Guenther, who are also collaborating on an upcoming stage musical produced by Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door/The Carlson Company.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 11 May 2026
  • When Willis took over as lyricist for 1978’s Cruisin’ and 1979’s Go West, the group’s messaging became less lucidly gay.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2026
Noun
  • 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.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Mike McDaniel is the exact schemer and play caller who can maximize this skill set, though.
    Daniel Popper, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026

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“Arranger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arranger. Accessed 13 May. 2026.

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