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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.
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Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2022
Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sinfonietta
Noun
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But the effort to get his orchestra on its feet was not an idle gesture.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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Orchestra, the first professional orchestra in Europe to be made up of majority Black and ethnic minority musicians.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
9 June 2026
Noun
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On Sunday, beginning at noon, there will be more cookoffs, and brass band music.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
2 June 2026
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The pop auteur emerged shortly after, leading a funeral procession–style parade of dancers and an eight-piece brass band performing somber, New Orleans–style jazz renditions of songs from her 2025 album Mayhem.—
Maxwell Adler,
Vanity Fair,
15 May 2026
Noun
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The only sounds in your private pavilion are birdsong and a symphony of critters as nature rubs up against the swaths of pale stone and marble.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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One is Enrico Lopez-Yanez, Class of 2007, a pops conductor formerly with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra who now has stints with the Detroit, Dallas and Pacific symphonies.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 June 2026
Noun
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For example, the orchestra performs Iain Farrington’s transformation of Claude Debussy’s Cello Sonata — originally a cello and piano piece — into a work for chamber orchestra.—
Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
22 May 2026
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The production will be directed by Kevin Newbury, and Bruce Stasyna will conduct a 17-piece chamber orchestra.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026
Noun
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On Saturday there were nearly 400 student instrumentalists and vocalists one time or another on stage at Disney, members of a large symphony orchestra, a concert orchestra, a big band, a mariachi ensemble and the Titan Banda Oaxaquena.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
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In fact, there were long stretches Monday night when the audience resembled one politely taking in a symphony orchestra more than one attending a summer amphitheater concert headlined by a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
19 May 2026
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“Sinfonietta.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sinfonietta. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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