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Recent Examples of flutist
As warned on the cover of the work—adorned with an outline of the seasoned flutist and featuring a hard-to-miss lime green label: No Bars.
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Ime Ekpo, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Pianist Sonia Lee and flutist Pija Hocevar will perform at the Platt Library.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 30 May 2025
The lineup includes three Grammy winners — saxophonist David Sanchez, bassist John Clayton and drummer Lewis Nash — along with pianist and six-time Grammy nominee Gerald Clayton and top San Diego flutist Holly Hofmann.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2025
Barron plans to close out the run on Sunday with the West Coast premiere of a new chamber work with harmonica player Grégoire Maret, flutist Elena Pinderhughes and cellist Noah Johnson.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025
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Ime Ekpo, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Pianist Sonia Lee and flutist Pija Hocevar will perform at the Platt Library.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 30 May 2025
The lineup includes three Grammy winners — saxophonist David Sanchez, bassist John Clayton and drummer Lewis Nash — along with pianist and six-time Grammy nominee Gerald Clayton and top San Diego flutist Holly Hofmann.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2025
Barron plans to close out the run on Sunday with the West Coast premiere of a new chamber work with harmonica player Grégoire Maret, flutist Elena Pinderhughes and cellist Noah Johnson.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flutist
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On view through July 30, 2025, the exhibition takes its title, The Homeless Wanderer, from a composition by Ethiopian pianist and composer Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, in keeping with the gallery’s tradition of naming shows after musical pieces.—
Caterina De Biasio,
Vogue,
11 June 2025
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Your pianist, drummer, bassist, guitarist, maybe a lead trombone, lead woodwind, lead trumpet.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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The singer/flautist, however, has long been vocal in her support for her LGBTQ fans, and in 2023, her brand Yitty unveiled a line of gender-affirming shapewear.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
2 June 2025
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The musician, who rose to fame on the arm of quick-witted bars, released back-to-back flute albums in 2023, surprising fans and critics alike who were impressed by his skills as a flautist.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
7 May 2025
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Keith Moon, The Who’s original percussionist, died from an accidental overdose in 1978.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
19 Apr. 2025
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Now Heartbeat presents the hundred-and-twenty-year-old opera in English—a rare occurrence for this particular tale—with instrumentation boiled down to a simple eight clarinets and two percussionists.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2025
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The 1939 funeral in East Baltimore of jazz drummer Chick Webb drew Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Cab Calloway, Gene Krupa and, The Sun reported, how many Baltimoreans? a. 500 b. 10,000 c. 3,000 d. 5,000 17.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
20 June 2025
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The group features Comstock on lead vocals, along with drummer James Brownstein and Hayden Tree, who’s also the lead singer for Crown the Empire, on bass.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
20 June 2025
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My husband, who is sixty-nine, is also retired but freelances as a pianist and organist five or six days a week.—
Liana Finck,
New Yorker,
5 June 2025
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After winning his first Grammy this year for his roots-gospel album, Church, the organist and singer, known for his work with Snarky Puppy and Vulfpeck, appears to be in communion with something bigger than the stage.—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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Rebirth in this thrillingly massive symphony for a massive orchestra and chorus, along with soprano and mezzo-soprano soloists, was writ exceedingly large, transparent and loud.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2025
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Style came mainly from soloists — especially the principal flutist Robert Langevin’s shapely contributions — and from the New York Philharmonic Chorus, directed by Malcolm J. Merriweather, which leaned into Ravel’s rich tonal colors.—
Anastasia Tsioulcas,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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Allie Molin of Mission Viejo, a jazz trumpeter who won the instrumental music category, was in New York on Wednesday to perform at Lincoln Center.—
Staff report,
Oc Register,
8 May 2025
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His research also led him to numerous Black jazz artists with Native American ancestry, like trumpeter Don Cherry.—
Andrew Gilbert,
The Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2025
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