choristers

plural of chorister

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of choristers Founded in 1987, Ragazzi Boys Chorus provides musical education and performance opportunities for boys and young men ages 5-18, serving more than 230 choristers from over 100 schools in more than 30 Bay Area communities. Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 7 June 2026 While many people have been introduced to English choral services through the angelic voices of the choristers in flowing robes and Elizabethan ruffs who sing at royal weddings and carol services, choirs perform every day in much more humble settings. ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026 More than 600 choristers will perform at the Baker-Baum Concert Hall in La Jolla Music Society’s Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center. Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026 In the Shadow of the Stars put the divas in the background to focus on the lives of 11 men and women choristers at the San Francisco opera house. Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2025 Already Guerrero seems to be able to convey of-the-moment phrasings and character directions with a few emphatic motions—a roller-coaster swoop here, a waggle of the fingers there—and get an immediate response from the choristers. Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for choristers
Noun
  • The vocals at this Honda Stage at the iHeartRadio Theater performance are nothing to write home about, but this live rendition is worth a watch if only for the looming, frightening, almost aggressive energy of her background singers.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The country icon’s influence sparked a light in generations of singers and songwriters.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • As host and singer, Majo Aguilar — granddaughter of Mexican film and music legends Antonio Aguilar and Flor Silvestre — ushered vocalists on and off the stage.
    Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The horns section snarled, the background vocalists riffed, and Olivia picked up multiple instruments herself – the tambourine, guitar, shakers, and the piano.
    Sidney Madden, VIBE.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • How absurd, indeed, to imagine wild birds giving time like the mechanical songsters on an ornamental clock.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026

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“Choristers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choristers. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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