brass band

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Recent Examples of brass band The woman in the Trump administration currently playing that brass band is press secretary Karoline Leavitt. Constance Grady, Vox, 25 Apr. 2025 There’s usually a brass band playing on a corner surrounded by folks dancing, drinks in hand. Essence, 6 June 2025 On March 22, spectators gathered in Arlington, Texas, for performances by military brass bands and choirs. Stephen Humphries, Christian Science Monitor, 30 Apr. 2025 In Providence, Rhode Island, a crowd estimated at 6,000 met at Hope High School at noon and then marched down Thayer Street and Angell Street to Burnside Park, joined by brass bands. Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for brass band
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brass band
Noun
  • The 70-voice chorale will be accompanied by an organist and a chamber orchestra.
    Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
  • The piece for chamber orchestra and electronic sounds appears on Miranda’s upcoming new album, also called Qubism.
    Leslie Katz, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The possibilities of sound combinations with the acoustic instruments of a symphony orchestra, a jazz band or a chamber ensemble have not yet been exhausted.
    Jon Burlingame, Variety, 26 June 2025
  • Every sizable American city has its symphony orchestra, but will this always be true?
    David Denby, New Yorker, 20 July 2025
Noun
  • The safe room will be in the school band and orchestra practice spaces.
    Edward McKinnon, Arkansas Online, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Today, second harpists are usually hired out as a freelance position and rarely part of permanent orchestra rosters.
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025

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