oboist

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Recent Examples of oboist Principal oboist Jennifer Corning Lucio and principal cellist Allan Steele found a happy medium in between, Steele dispatching flashy writing with particularly impressive aplomb. Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 22 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oboist
Noun
  • Behind her sat a cellist and a violinist, both women hired for the MTV appearance; the other Maniacs appeared only in photos inside the CD booklet.
    Dan Kois, Pitchfork, 17 May 2026
  • The song, performed by violinist Linda Lampenius and vocalist Pete Parkkonen, featured a potentially combustible mix of open flames and a flowing dress.
    Andrew Jones, NBC news, 16 May 2026
Noun
  • Léa Seydoux gives a very committed, unaffected performance as Lucy, an experimental pianist who must deal with the dawning knowledge that her beloved husband Philip (Laurence Rupp) has a second life online as a pedophile pornographer.
    Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 15 May 2026
  • By the evening, everyone shifts outside to the stoop, where Harlem pianist Warner Meadows and special guests close the night with live music.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • On The Mountain The duo Dyad — violinist Niv Ashkenazi and bassoonist Leah Kohn — performs their own arrangements of selections from Ernest Bloch, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Niccolo Paganini, Irving Berlin, Bruce Babcock, Johann Sebastian Bach, Camille Saint-Saëns and George Gershwin.
    Arts Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • But guest violinist Nick Eanet’s instrument too often disappeared in combinations, especially with fairly bold projection from interim principal bassoonist George Sakakeeny.
    Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 22 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Performers include clarinetist Anthony McGill, violinists Leila Josefowicz and Geneva Lewis, and the Colburn Orchestra, making its Ojai Music Festival debut.
    Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Legendary clarinetist Benny Goodman hired Peplowski to play tenor saxophone in his new outfit in 1984 after coming out of retirement.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Monette Marino, guitarist Joe Amato, bassist Harley Magsino, drummer Mike Holguin and saxophonist, flutist and harmonica player Tripp Sprague.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Carolyn Brown, the orchestra’s principal flutist, will perform excerpts and participate in the Q&A session.
    Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 22 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The season’s artistic partners include Nagy, pianist Richard Goode, cellist Abel Selaocoe, violist Tabea Zimmermann and violinist Alina Ibragimova, who returns for Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in her first performances since being named an artistic partner in 2026.
    Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 7 May 2026
  • The quartet also features violinist Sindri Lederer, violist Andrea Berger and pianist Antonia Koster.
    Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Her father was a jazz trombonist and her mother a pianist.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Wayne Henderson, trombonist for the Jazz Crusaders, had co-produced the debut album, 1984’s Centipede, for Michael’s sister Rebbie with Michael, Tito, and Randy Jackson.
    Greg Poole, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The stadium organist, Dwayne Hilton, played accompanying music and got everyone involved.
    Warren Mayes, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2026
  • The stadium organist, Dwayne Hilton, played accompanying music and got everyone involved.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 May 2026

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“Oboist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oboist. Accessed 23 May. 2026.

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