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organist

noun

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as in pianist

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Recent Examples of organist Mihalka profiles several of baseball’s most prominent ballpark organists, including Gladys Goodding, who worked the keys and pedals for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1942 to 1957, and Nancy Faust, who was the organist for the Chicago White Sox from 1970 to 2010. — Tom Reinsfelder, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2026 That’s because longtime White Sox organist Nancy Faust played it first. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026 Organs reached their peak in the 1960s, but some live organists still carry on this baseball tradition. — Tom Reinsfelder, The Conversation, 9 June 2026 Torn between toiling away at farmwork, his corrective swimming lessons, and learning music from a local organist — the elderly Michel (Alexandre Astier, Clichy’s former directing partner), who shows him more kindness than most — Christophe’s world gradually widens. — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 19 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for organist

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This complicated story of mix-ups and mishaps at sea will be accompanied by the pianist and organist Ben Model, who will share keyboard duties with Makia Matsumura throughout the festival.

— Tim Page, The Washington Examiner, 25 July 2026
Then, in early September, Laurie Anderson, the pianist Thomas Bartlett, and others join forces to mark the centenary of Allen Ginsberg’s birth.

— Rhoda Feng, New Yorker, 24 July 2026

Definition of pianist

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Being a pilot has come in handy during his career as a violinist, too.

— Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Playing her festival debut in Monterey Jazz’s intimate Pacific Jazz Café last September, Cuban violinist and vocalist Yilian Cañizares delivered one of the season’s most memorable sets.

— Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 23 July 2026

Definition of violinist

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The show also featured poignant video tributes to Peart and original drummer John Rutsey, ensuring their legacies were honored.

— David Chiu, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
The special guest on this tour is drummer Jaimoe, the last surviving founding member of The Allman Brothers Band.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2026

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Following his public apology over sending inappropriate messages to an underage fan, guitarist Simon O’Connor has been dropped from Modest Mouse’s upcoming tour dates.

— Walden Green, Pitchfork, 31 July 2026
Legend has it that in 1957 Waters met the 21-year-old Buddy Guy outside the 708 Club, days after the young guitarist had arrived in the city.

— René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026

Definition of guitarist

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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

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Some of the best scenes revolve around original songs by Burton’s longtime musical accompanist, Danny Elfman.

— Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026
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

Definition of accompanist

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Monahan also flubbed some of the lyrics, but according to social media videos, did a do-over of the Bon Jovi song with keyboardist David Bryan at Train’s concert at New Jersey’s PNC Bank Arts Center on Friday.

— Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 27 July 2026
In 2013, Browning ultimately reformed the band under a different name, Nocturnus AD, and onboarded two new guitarists, a bassist, and keyboardist.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 14 July 2026

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