as in orchestra
a usually large group of musicians playing together
plays oboe in the local symphony orchestra
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Recent Examples of symphony orchestra
The idea of a hip-hop/classical music fusion harks back to another melding in the ‘60s and ‘70s when groups like the Moody Blues, Procol Harum, ELO and Deep Purple all recorded rock albums with symphony orchestras.
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Roy Trakin, HollywoodReporter, 9 July 2025
For the festival the trio, featuring double bass, drums and piano, will be enhanced by a symphony orchestra that will perform contemporary jazz and world music compositions, orchestrated traditional Hebrew-Ladino songs, as well as classical works.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Ben Folds Orchestral Tour 2025 hits Cincinnati next month
The Ben Folds Orchestral Tour combines Folds' piano skills with pops and symphony orchestras across the country.
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Mar. 2025
If approved, the music hall will accommodate an audience of 728 people and a stage big enough to support a symphony orchestra, according to MYAC CEO Allen Dennis.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2025
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Roy Trakin, HollywoodReporter, 9 July 2025
For the festival the trio, featuring double bass, drums and piano, will be enhanced by a symphony orchestra that will perform contemporary jazz and world music compositions, orchestrated traditional Hebrew-Ladino songs, as well as classical works.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Ben Folds Orchestral Tour 2025 hits Cincinnati next month
The Ben Folds Orchestral Tour combines Folds' piano skills with pops and symphony orchestras across the country.
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Mar. 2025
If approved, the music hall will accommodate an audience of 728 people and a stage big enough to support a symphony orchestra, according to MYAC CEO Allen Dennis.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for symphony orchestra
Noun
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The safe room will be in the school band and orchestra practice spaces.—
Edward McKinnon,
Arkansas Online,
13 Aug. 2025
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Today, second harpists are usually hired out as a freelance position and rarely part of permanent orchestra rosters.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Well over a hundred sets of the Beethoven symphonies are now available.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
20 July 2025
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Renamed the Evanston Symphony Orchestra in 1961, the year it was officially incorporated as an Illinois not-for-profit organization, the symphony is celebrating 80 years of bringing music to the Evanston area.—
Myrna Petlicki,
Chicago Tribune,
5 July 2025
Noun
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Back in New York their evenings were spent at the ballet, the philharmonic, the opera.—
Irina Aleksander,
Vogue,
11 Dec. 2024
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The philharmonic then contracted with Tracey Levy of Levy Employment Law to conduct an independent second investigation.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
6 Nov. 2024
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“Symphony orchestra.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/symphony%20orchestra. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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