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Recent Examples of organist
Assembled by Young in late 2024, Chrome Hearts consists of guitarist Micah Nelson, organist Spooner Oldham, and the Promise of the Real rhythm section known as Anthony LoGerfo on drums and Corey McCormick on bass.
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2026
The installation of a digital organ designed by longtime Castro organist David Hegarty.
—Monica Garske, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
Her late mother, a pianist and organist, taught her piano at an early age.
—Christina Mayo, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2026
Waiting in the greenroom was Robert Alan York, a veteran organist who studied classical repertory and improvisation in Paris and also possesses an encyclopedic knowledge of the American songbook.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2026
The installation of a digital organ designed by longtime Castro organist David Hegarty.
—Monica Garske, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
Her late mother, a pianist and organist, taught her piano at an early age.
—Christina Mayo, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2026
Waiting in the greenroom was Robert Alan York, a veteran organist who studied classical repertory and improvisation in Paris and also possesses an encyclopedic knowledge of the American songbook.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for organist
Noun
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Romy Kandera, who received an infusion at eighteen years old, had been a talented pianist until lupus caused swelling in her fingers.—
Jason Liebowitz,
New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2026
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Lie, an accomplished jazz pianist, performed the session live.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Mar. 2026
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Famed violinist Itzhak Perlman will be the guest performer at the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra's Rhapsody Gala next season.—
Matthew J. Palm,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Mar. 2026
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Leading the concert was the violinist-conductor Leonidas Kavakos, who’s currently a DSO artist-in-residence.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, the center sues a drummer and a congresswoman sues the center.—
Janay Kingsberry,
Washington Post,
6 Mar. 2026
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When the music did start, with only two band members in tow (and some occasional backing tracks), that drummer mostly used mallets, and stuck toward accents more than beats, to keep things to the hushed mode she’s known for.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
5 Mar. 2026
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Before experimenting with an early variation of Country Joe and the Fish alongside guitarist Barry Melton in the mid-1960s, McDonald started a small magazine called Rag Baby.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Ditto at the rain-free Humphreys debuts of gospel-music legends The Blind Boys of Alabama, Brazilian music superstar Milton Nasciemento, solo guitarist Stanley Jordan, blues vocal dynamo Shemekia Copland, Portuguese fado singing star Mariza and, in 2017, the pioneering art-rock band King Crimson.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Mar. 2026
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The kids were rewarded for their patience inside the Hammer with a matinee performance by harpist Destiny Muhammad, a show supported by an arts access grant from SV Creates.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
27 Feb. 2026
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There will also be students volunteering as servers during the event and a harpist providing musical entertainment.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Feb. 2026
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His current band features the terrific trumpeter Jeremy Pelt, and the robust saxophonist Tivon Pennicott, who has previously performed here with Grammy-winning singer (and SDSU alum) Gregory Porter.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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Shortly after trumpeter Ethan Marks took to the sidewalk, one of the American Hotel’s current residents leaned out his window and began vocally and jovially mimicking the fragmented and angular notes coming from the instrument.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
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Miles Messier fades into the background as the piano accompanist.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
2 Feb. 2026
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The album was credited to Chick and featured Carey as a vocal accompanist, not the lead singer.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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McMurray brought in seasoned musicians like the Atlantic Starr horn section and artists finding their sea legs, like keyboardist Ramsey Embick, who later joined the Pointer Sisters’ band.—
Greg Poole,
Rolling Stone,
5 Mar. 2026
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The group’s current lineup — bassist Reid Anderson, drummer David King, keyboardist Craig Taborn and saxophonist Chris Potter — is one of its finest.—
Bret Saunders,
Denver Post,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Organist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/organist. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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