as in symphony
a usually large group of musicians playing together
the orchestra will be performing a selection of Beethoven pieces tomorrow night
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Hasler likens it to an orchestra of clocks, with the conductor directing from the hypothalamus, a small region within the center of the brain.
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Sarah Boden, NPR, 9 Mar. 2025
Weaver Yankee said some orchestras have a chorus that performs with them from time to time, but the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus work together on a regular basis.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
Bay City News Foundation Israel Philharmonic returns to Bay Area
Davies Hall in San Francisco plays host Sunday night to the Israel Philharmonic, the 88-year-old orchestra based in Tel Aviv that is the pride of its country and is now on a five-city tour of the United States.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2025
The Puerto Rican artist’s band and dancers will join with each orchestra in all cities, traveling with a team of around 40 people.
—Griselda Flores, Billboard, 17 Mar. 2025
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Sarah Boden, NPR, 9 Mar. 2025
Weaver Yankee said some orchestras have a chorus that performs with them from time to time, but the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus work together on a regular basis.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
Bay City News Foundation Israel Philharmonic returns to Bay Area
Davies Hall in San Francisco plays host Sunday night to the Israel Philharmonic, the 88-year-old orchestra based in Tel Aviv that is the pride of its country and is now on a five-city tour of the United States.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2025
The Puerto Rican artist’s band and dancers will join with each orchestra in all cities, traveling with a team of around 40 people.
—Griselda Flores, Billboard, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Orchestra.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orchestra. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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