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Recent Examples of brass band
This year, starting in June, there has been a mix of mambo, funk, soul, brass band big band and more.
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The Know, Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2025
The Prince of Darkness was laid to rest in a private funeral before a larger public procession on July 30 in the U.K. Fans lined the street to bid farewell as a brass band played Black Sabbath classics.
—EW.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Osbourne's body will travel in a hearse accompanied by a brass band and head to Black Sabbath Bridge and bench, where thousands of fans have already paid their respects with flowers and tributes, per a release from the council.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 31 July 2025
The sound of brass bands and jazz, the taste of gumbo and hot beignets, the sight of oak trees draped over a pastel-colored cottage home—such elements give the city a magnetic character.
—Kristin Braswell, AFAR Media, 23 July 2025
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The Know, Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2025
The Prince of Darkness was laid to rest in a private funeral before a larger public procession on July 30 in the U.K. Fans lined the street to bid farewell as a brass band played Black Sabbath classics.
—EW.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Osbourne's body will travel in a hearse accompanied by a brass band and head to Black Sabbath Bridge and bench, where thousands of fans have already paid their respects with flowers and tributes, per a release from the council.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 31 July 2025
The sound of brass bands and jazz, the taste of gumbo and hot beignets, the sight of oak trees draped over a pastel-colored cottage home—such elements give the city a magnetic character.
—Kristin Braswell, AFAR Media, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brass band
Noun
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The 70-voice chorale will be accompanied by an organist and a chamber orchestra.—
Melinda Moore,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
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Also on the program will be Dvorak’s Serenade for Strings and the New York premiere of Reena Esmail’s The History of Red, a piece for chamber orchestra and soprano inspired in part by Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915.—
Jane Levere,
Forbes,
24 Oct. 2024
Noun
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Young musicians coming out of music schools should be aware of all the other kinds of music, and should be able to play those other types of music, because 95 percent of them will not play in symphony orchestras or as soloists.—
George Varga,
Mercury News,
28 July 2025
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Every sizable American city has its symphony orchestra, but will this always be true?—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
20 July 2025
Noun
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Ticketholders can enjoy a pre-concert festival including storytelling, musical games and hands-on activities in the lobby of Knight Theater as well as a more relaxed atmosphere than a typical orchestra concert.—
Virginia Brown,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Sep. 2025
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This reveals microglia as unexpected conductors in the brain's blood pressure orchestra, fine-tuning neuron-glia interactions through astrocyte pruning.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Brass band.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brass%20band. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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