cornetist

noun

variants or cornettist
Definition of cornetistnext
as in trumpeter

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  1. trumpeter
  2. clarinetist
  3. trombonist
  4. pianist
  5. saxophonist
  6. drummer
  7. organist
  8. violinist
Noun
  • For this, Golub assembled a band including trumpeter Amir ElSaffar, who has made his own deep dives into microtonal music, inspired a great deal by Iraqi maqams, and five-string violinist Layale Chaker.
    — Steve Hochman, SPIN, 15 July 2026
  • The Atlanta Journal-Constitution spoke with Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Johnny Van Zant, Mike Love of the Beach Boys and trumpeter Lee Loughnane of Chicago about what keeps them on the road.
    — Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 14 July 2026
Definition of trumpeter
Noun
  • The ambient dub producer and clarinetist will release Memoria on September 4 via Smalltown Supersound.
    — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 6 July 2026
  • Principal clarinetist Dario Brignoli went in a different direction while playing an arrangement of George Gershwin’s Three Preludes.
    — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of clarinetist
Noun
  • For composer and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra trombonist Christopher Crenshaw, that collective spirit is the music’s genius.
    — Abraham Swee, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • The core group now augments itself with the bass clarinetist Madison Greenstone, trombonist Weston Olencki, and, for the first time in the band’s history, vocals.
    — Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 16 June 2026
Definition of trombonist
Noun
  • Pat Almazan, daughter of Frank Teplansky, praised her father as a WWII and Korean War veteran, as well as an artist, pianist and magician.
    — Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 14 July 2026
  • Lizzo, pianist Yunchan Lim and the CSO officially opened what is now the Hunter Pavilion on Saturday night.
    — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2026
Definition of pianist
Noun
  • His father, saxophonist, flutist and vocalist Scott Mayo, performed with Earth, Wind & Fire and Sérgio Mendes.
    — Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 16 July 2026
  • The London saxophonist and his ensemble fuse jazz with diverse strains of global trance music—Moroccan gnawa, Berlin kosmische—into a hypnotic, utopian expression of spiritual union.
    — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 13 July 2026
Definition of saxophonist
Noun
  • Other members of Dylan’s current touring band are guitarist Joel Paterson, bassist Tony Garnier and drummer Anton Fig.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026
  • Singer Jon Anderson, guitarist Steve Howe, bassist Chris Squire, and drummer Alan White all spent the downtime cutting solo albums.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2026
Definition of drummer
Noun
  • The music fest is directed by Raúl Prieto Ramírez, Spreckels Organ Society’s artistic director and San Diego’s civic organist.
    — Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2026
  • The headliners are The Breaks, a jazz/funk/roots super-trio of sorts featuring Galactic drummer Stanton Moore, Greyboy Allstars organist Robert Walter, and New Mastersounds guitarist Eddie Roberts.
    — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
Definition of organist
Noun
  • Sándor Fehér was a 38-year-old violinist from Hungary who was working as an entertainer aboard the Costa Concordia.
    — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026
  • For this, Golub assembled a band including trumpeter Amir ElSaffar, who has made his own deep dives into microtonal music, inspired a great deal by Iraqi maqams, and five-string violinist Layale Chaker.
    — Steve Hochman, SPIN, 15 July 2026
Definition of violinist
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