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Recent Examples of brass band
The pop auteur emerged shortly after, leading a funeral procession–style parade of dancers and an eight-piece brass band performing somber, New Orleans–style jazz renditions of songs from her 2025 album Mayhem.
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Maxwell Adler,
Vanity Fair,
15 May 2026
The two leaders chatted during an opening ceremony that featured a brass band, marching military units and cheering children waving American and Chinese flags.
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Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
In front of the screen, Svetlana Spajić performed live, as a brass band procession moved through the space.
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George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
Only in New Orleans would a brass band, a police escort, and a Monsignor show up to bless a group of turtles named after sauces.
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Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
15 Apr. 2026
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Maxwell Adler,
Vanity Fair,
15 May 2026
The two leaders chatted during an opening ceremony that featured a brass band, marching military units and cheering children waving American and Chinese flags.
—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
In front of the screen, Svetlana Spajić performed live, as a brass band procession moved through the space.
—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
Only in New Orleans would a brass band, a police escort, and a Monsignor show up to bless a group of turtles named after sauces.
—
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
15 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brass band
Noun
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For example, the orchestra performs Iain Farrington’s transformation of Claude Debussy’s Cello Sonata — originally a cello and piano piece — into a work for chamber orchestra.
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The production will be directed by Kevin Newbury, and Bruce Stasyna will conduct a 17-piece chamber orchestra.
Noun
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On Saturday there were nearly 400 student instrumentalists and vocalists one time or another on stage at Disney, members of a large symphony orchestra, a concert orchestra, a big band, a mariachi ensemble and the Titan Banda Oaxaquena.
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In fact, there were long stretches Monday night when the audience resembled one politely taking in a symphony orchestra more than one attending a summer amphitheater concert headlined by a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer.
Noun
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What’s beyond dispute is that it has been meticulously designed to harness sound frequencies and equipped with an orchestra of instruments, from singing bowls to a crystal harp, that have been custom-made for tonal coherence.
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Must have taken a minimum one year of chorus, band or orchestra at school.
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“Brass band.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brass%20band. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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