organist

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Recent Examples of organist 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 Interestingly, though, while game presentation issues do tend to draw strong reactions, no one dared criticize Dodgers (and Kings) organist Dieter Ruehle. Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026 The service also featured the Grace Notes Community Choir, a group of church musicians in the Artesia, Bellflower, and Cerritos areas led by pianist and organist Faith Rietveld and accompanied by Juan-Carlos Lora. Daily News, 5 Apr. 2026 My grandmother was the organist for the choir. Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for organist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for organist
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
  • 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
  • In response, Thomas Boggs, a drummer for The Box Tops, staged a 48-hour protest, Wilson said, chaining himself to the stage and playing music.
    Chris Kenning, USA Today, 15 May 2026
  • Saxophonist Josh Johnson, bassist Anna Butterss and drummer Jay Bellerose paint in pastels around the periphery of this stoically beautiful riff.
    Dave Segal, SPIN, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • These guerrilla pop-ups launched the heartland quartet – singer Tyson Ritter, lead guitarist Nick Wheeler, rhythm guitarist Mike Kennerty and drummer Chris Gaylor – into a world of TikToks and Instagram posts, simultaneously cultivating a fan base decades younger than the now-middle-aged rockers.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 16 May 2026
  • Vanity Fair caught up with Gaga’s guitarist, Tim Stewart, who was with his kids, after the film.
    Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • The singer-songwriter and harpist cruises around Los Angeles on her light, loose, and rootsy new album.
    Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Tiu, a Southern California harpist who has graced stages from Seattle to Savannah, recently served as Visiting Principal Harp of the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra.
    News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The program is a centennial celebration of saxophonist John Coltrane and Miles Davis, focusing on the trumpeter’s era-defining mid-1950s quintet that catapulted Coltrane into prominence.
    Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
  • On the album, the trumpeter levels up as a singer and front man.
    Mark Yarm, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • An accompanist will be provided.
    Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Keith Lockhart’s Pops are pretty accustomed to disrupting dogma (see recent performances with jazz saxophonist Branford Marsalis and Jerry Garcia keyboardist Melvin Seals).
    Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 9 May 2026
  • In 2015 White married Jonathan Cain, famous keyboardist and songwriter for the rock band Journey, and changed her legal name to White-Cain.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026

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“Organist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/organist. Accessed 22 May. 2026.

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