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Wesley Hitt / Getty Images Somewhere, off in the distance, the faint sound of a brass band seems to be closing in.
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Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Faithful to tradition, the festival’s 800 volunteers were feted with a walk-around the concert hall to the sound of a brass band, before guests were invited to the stage to officially open the festival by reading a sentence in unison – a joyous cacophony that drew complicit laughter from the crowd.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 12 Oct. 2025
Christie Jourdain is band leader and snare drummer for The Original Pinettes, the city’s first all-female brass band that formed in 1991.
—Jenny Adams, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
Hundreds more joined a brass band parade known as a second line.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025
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Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Faithful to tradition, the festival’s 800 volunteers were feted with a walk-around the concert hall to the sound of a brass band, before guests were invited to the stage to officially open the festival by reading a sentence in unison – a joyous cacophony that drew complicit laughter from the crowd.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 12 Oct. 2025
Christie Jourdain is band leader and snare drummer for The Original Pinettes, the city’s first all-female brass band that formed in 1991.
—Jenny Adams, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
Hundreds more joined a brass band parade known as a second line.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brass band
Noun
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Enjoy a mix of classic and new songs featuring the Solana Beach Presbyterian Church choirs, worship band, and a chamber orchestra with San Diego Symphony members and guest soloists.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Dec. 2025
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The event will have approximately 80 singers along with a chamber orchestra, soloists, and narrators.—
Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Those who can’t make it to Clarksdale can check out Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues tour, a multimedia concert that merges the music of the Delta blues with symphony orchestras around the country.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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As a violinist, Cristi spent several years as a member of the Miami and Houston symphony orchestras and seems to have a special affinity for those musicians seated in front of him.—
David Lyman,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Oct. 2025
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Conducting an orchestra Imagine a large language model ensemble as an orchestra where each musician – an individual large language model – comes in at certain times based on the cues received from the conductor.—
Ricky J. Sethi,
The Conversation,
26 Jan. 2026
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Being an official performer in an orchestra is valuable for musicians, Suwandi said.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Brass band.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brass%20band. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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