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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 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 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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Pat Almazan, daughter of Frank Teplansky, praised her father as a WWII and Korean War veteran, as well as an artist, pianist and magician.

— Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 14 July 2026
Lizzo, pianist Yunchan Lim and the CSO officially opened what is now the Hunter Pavilion on Saturday night.

— Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2026

Definition of pianist

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Sándor Fehér was a 38-year-old violinist from Hungary who was working as an entertainer aboard the Costa Concordia.

— Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026
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

Definition of violinist

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Other members of Dylan’s current touring band are guitarist Joel Paterson, bassist Tony Garnier and drummer Anton Fig.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026
Singer Jon Anderson, guitarist Steve Howe, bassist Chris Squire, and drummer Alan White all spent the downtime cutting solo albums.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2026

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Elle’s music supervisor hired an instructor to walk him through how to convincingly play the chords on set, which were later overdubbed by a professional guitarist.

— Devon Ivie, Vulture, 17 July 2026
Heaven worked as a guitarist for Samia, Del Water Gap and Gus Dapperton before releasing their first EP in 2022.

— Jem Aswad, Variety, 17 July 2026

Definition of guitarist

Noun

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
In Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, which follows a blues group’s fraught recording sessions in the 1920s, Boseman portrayed a trumpeter named Levee Green opposite Viola Davis’ blues singer Ma Rainey.

— Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 10 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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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
The record also marks the first Mastodon album to feature guitarist Nick Johnston, alongside significant contributions from keyboardist João Nogueira.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 13 July 2026

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