bassoonist

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bassoonist
Noun
  • Celebrities including Naomi Campbell and Gossip Girl's Ed Westwick, looked on as superstar pianist Lang Lang played classic Disney tunes accompanied by a 107-piece orchestra and a 100-voice choir floating on a pontoon on the Arabian Gulf.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
  • His mother, Ethel, was a pianist and introduced him to music.
    Suzy Evans, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Barron plans to close out the run on Sunday with the West Coast premiere of a new chamber work with harmonica player Grégoire Maret, flutist Elena Pinderhughes and cellist Noah Johnson.
    Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025
  • My son swayed gently between my legs, still wearing last night’s jammies, azure eyes trained on the flutist’s quivering embouchure.
    Ashlea Halpern, AFAR Media, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The drummer, 52, announced on Friday, May 16 that he’d been fired from the Grammy-winning rock group, two years after he was brought on to replace late drummer Taylor Hawkins.
    Rachel DeSantis, People.com, 16 May 2025
  • That suggests the rhythms are learned and under the control of the drummer — both important attributes of the rhythms that are integral to human language.
    Jon Hamilton, NPR, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • Trained as a percussionist, Englander came to the instrument by happenstance.
    Jane Bua, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
  • The project’s elaborate presentation began with a group of onstage dancers, percussionists and individuals holding lanterns.
    Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Barlow, 69, had to find an organist to cover for her at Easter mass, expedite doctor appointments to get her partner’s torn bicep checked out and drive 19 hours east.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Music runs in her family – her father was an organist for the San Diego Chargers and Clippers, and her mother once sang with Aretha Franklin in her gospel days.
    Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The musician, who rose to fame on the arm of quick-witted bars, released back-to-back flute albums in 2023, surprising fans and critics alike who were impressed by his skills as a flautist.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 7 May 2025
  • Colorful wall paintings with a variety of scenes, including men and women dancing alongside a flautist, a woman next to two men, and a metal workshop were found in tomb number 6438.
    Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 13 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The project gives the singer-songwriter his first top 10 smash on all of those purchase-only rosters as a soloist.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
  • By notching his eighth ruler on Regional Mexican Airplay, and fifth as a soloist, Muñoz joins two other solo singers who have achieved eight or more No. 1s in the 2020s decade.
    Pamela Bustios, Billboard, 7 May 2025
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“Bassoonist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bassoonist. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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