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Recent Examples of organist
The stadium organist, Dwayne Hilton, played accompanying music and got everyone involved.
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ABC News, 16 May 2026
The concert director is Edwin Basilio; accompanist is Cho-Hyun Park and organist is Rodney Girvin.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
Alongside organist Ståle Storløkken and drummer Ole Mofjell, the Hedvig Mollestad Weejuns (the third word a slang term for Norwegians) form a groove that teeters toward explosiveness without ever reaching it.
—Joshua Minsoo Kim, Pitchfork, 24 Apr. 2026
The organist from Cathedral Notre Dame in Paris will be performing at Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church on April 23.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
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ABC News, 16 May 2026
The concert director is Edwin Basilio; accompanist is Cho-Hyun Park and organist is Rodney Girvin.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
Alongside organist Ståle Storløkken and drummer Ole Mofjell, the Hedvig Mollestad Weejuns (the third word a slang term for Norwegians) form a groove that teeters toward explosiveness without ever reaching it.
—Joshua Minsoo Kim, Pitchfork, 24 Apr. 2026
The organist from Cathedral Notre Dame in Paris will be performing at Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church on April 23.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for organist
Noun
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The pianist may introduce a new chord color.—
Gerald J. Leonard,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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Hailing from an illustrious Cuban family deeply engaged with classical music, pianist López-Gavilán has distinguished himself across a verdant musical landscape.—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
Noun
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He is lured by the sound of music down a Montmartre street to Nicholas de Lenfent (Joseph Potter), an old friend from his village who has grown up to be a talented violinist and rakish twink.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
22 June 2026
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Ray McMillian is a talented Black classical violinist who defies systemic racism and his family’s discouragement to achieve musical success.—
Janey Wetzel,
PEOPLE,
19 June 2026
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The drummer may shift the feel.—
Gerald J. Leonard,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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Metallica — which, at the time, consisted of vocalist-guitarist James Hetfield, drummer Lars Ulrich, guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Jason Newsted — recorded the album at The Plant in Sausalito.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
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Fleetwood Mac originated as a British blues band seven years before Nicks and her boyfriend, guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, joined the group, which already had a phenomenal female vocalist — the sublime Christine Perfect McVie.—
Suzanne Van Atten,
AJC.com,
21 June 2026
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That tune was fronted by Five Finger Death Punch, and the cut credits Kenny Wayne Shepherd, who originally released the song back in 1998, as well as Brantley Gilbert and the Queen guitarist.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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The program includes the church ensemble, harpist Destiny Muhammad’s trio, and a North-meets-South Indo-jazz trio with Carnatic saxophonist Prasant Radhakrishnan and percussionist Sameer Gupta (who founded RootStock Arts).—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
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Though a genre-fluid affair, the Blue Note fest also features some of the most adventurous pacesetters in modern jazz, among them the flautist Shabaka, the London septet Kokoroko, the trumpeter Chief Adjuah, and the harpist Brandee Younger.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
22 May 2026
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As a trumpeter, Hershberger had been a member of the Kansas City Wind Symphony, a selective concert group based in Prairie Village, since 2011.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
15 June 2026
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Things turn even jazzier a couple minutes in, when trumpeter Cees Bruinsma lays down the song’s ruminative central riff before veering off into exploratory flights of fancy.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
4 June 2026
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Bono presented the accolade, the two talked Springteen’s music and activism and joined Patti Smith and her longtime accompanist Tony Shanahan in People Have The Power to standing ovations, clapping and loud cheers.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
13 June 2026
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Six years ago, Donald Milton III, artistic director of the Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus, was having lunch with the organization’s accompanist, Eric Baumgartner, racking their respective brains about future projects.—
Jim Farmer,
AJC.com,
10 June 2026
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Guitarist Terry Kath, bassist/vocalist Peter Cetera, and keyboardist/singer Robert Lamm were the key creative forces in Chicago.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
20 June 2026
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The lineup this far includes includes Charles McPherson, Jon Faddis, Jeremy Pelt, Terrell Stafford, Gilbert Castellanos, Miles Evans, Bobby Watson, Eric Reed, Kenny Washington, Ernie Watts, Doug Webb, Ralph Moore, Ron Stout, Jerry Pinter, Gerry Gibbs and former Davis band keyboardist Kei Akagi.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 June 2026
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“Organist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/organist. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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