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brass band

noun

Definition of brass band

as in chamber orchestra

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Recent Examples of brass band There was a red carpet, a Bavarian brass band and local dignitaries. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 13 June 2026 The band, which will play traditional brass band music, was founded in 1860 as the Frankfort Silver Cornet Band before becoming the Frankfort Brass Band in 1897 and doing well for more than 30 years. — Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2026 On Sunday, beginning at noon, there will be more cookoffs, and brass band music. — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2026 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. — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for brass band

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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.

— Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 22 May 2026
Thile, guitarist Blake Mills, drummer Matt Chamberlain and a 17-piece chamber orchestra from the University of Southern California.

— George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026

Definition of chamber orchestra

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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.

— Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
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.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 19 May 2026

Definition of symphony orchestra

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By letting in external sounds, even faint ones like car traffic, the buds can muddy the subtleties of a diverse orchestra.

— Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 8 July 2026
No orchestra has brought back its commission over the last half century, and only Chicago and New York recorded their commissions.

— Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

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