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sinfonietta

noun

Definition of sinfonietta

as in orchestra

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Recent Examples of sinfonietta And much of the balance between his group and the sinfonietta was yet to be hashed out. — Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2022

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Noun

That included a performance by Stegreif, an improvising orchestra that functions as a kind of German Wild Up.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
The variety, the talent, the surprises … all of it demonstrates how vital and invigorating orchestras, chamber groups and classical composers can be.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of orchestra

Noun

The evening highlighted the achievements of its students, opening the event with SCM student ensemble the SCM All Stars and an SCM brass band known as the Hollywood Highsteppers.

— Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2026
Friday night opens with the Ed Wagner Brass Band, an authentic German-style brass band.

— Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of brass band

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The symphony’s string quartet, led by concertmaster Alyce Cognetta Bertz and gently lit by thousands of candles, will play classical arrangements of classic rock songs by the Eagles, Queen and Fleetwood Mac.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026
Instead of Billy bookcases, there’s a gorgeous office—a symphony of cypress surfaces—that Frank Lloyd Wright created for a department-store mogul.

— Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of symphony

Noun

By his senior project in high school, Jones had written a whole suite for a chamber orchestra coordinated to his guitar playing.

— Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 23 Oct. 2026
The approximately 20-minute concerto draws on Venezuelan folk harp traditions and features a solo harp accompanied by a chamber orchestra.

— Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of chamber orchestra

Noun

The symphony orchestra takes its name from the Greek symphonía, meaning sounding in agreement, and orkhēstra which implies a public stage for dance or, in ancient Rome, where senators and other big shots sat.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
The fall season is underway for most of the state’s symphony orchestras.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of symphony orchestra

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