organist

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Recent Examples of organist The stadium organist, Dwayne Hilton, played accompanying music and got everyone involved. 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 See All Example Sentences for organist
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Noun
  • The Fremont software engineer and entrepreneur has carved out a bustling career as a jazz pianist, a realm where children of the Great Depression share the bandstand with Gen Z teenagers.
    Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 25 June 2026
  • Kelly's Quinn is a pianist who returns to Ransom Canyon to run Gracie's.
    Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Bassist Dominic DiGesu and drummer Max Bassin make up a top-notch rhythm section, while guitarist Emily Green constantly solos, sometimes doubling Winter’s playing, other times providing melodic riffs.
    Steve Knopper, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2026
  • Joined by collaborators old—Portishead’s Adrian Utley, Shahzad Ismaily—and new—Nick Hakim, the Smile drummer Tom Skinner—Orton knits an infinity scarf of wicker-weir folk, jazzy ambiance, and blue-eyed soul.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Pianist Lex Korten and trumpeter Adam O’Farrill open freely, crash landing into the suite with cold, brooding interplay as opposed to the straightforward funk vamp of Roach’s version.
    Rae-Aila Crumble, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026
  • The upbeat song in which Jagger envisions the end of the world also features Winwood on piano and organ, Watt on synths and background vocals, saxophonist James King, and trumpeter Ron Blake.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 27 Jun. 2026.

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