How to Use concertmaster in a Sentence

concertmaster

noun
  • The concerto was written for the concertmasters of all three orchestras to play.
    — Richard S. Ginell, latimes.com, 19 Mar. 2018
  • But despite the news, Drew Irvin — the orchestra’s co-concertmaster — came up with a way to play some music.
    — Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2020
  • And, among those ladies, many, if not half, are Asian and the concertmaster, Frank Huang, is Chinese-born.
    — George Varga, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 June 2018
  • Kevin Lin will officially begin as concertmaster in the fall.
    — Domenica Bongiovanni, Indianapolis Star, 4 Mar. 2020
  • The concertmaster chair was endowed by the late Anna Sinton Taft.
    — Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, 13 July 2018
  • De Pue became one of the youngest concertmasters in the country when he was appointed in 2007.
    — Sarah Bahr, Indianapolis Star, 27 June 2018
  • Irvin, the co-concertmaster of the orchestra, came up with the idea after a weekend of shows had to be postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak.
    — Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2020
  • Isn’t the All-Star Orchestra made up mostly of concertmasters?
    — Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The symphony has its own weirdness too, as in the second movement when the concertmaster mistunes his violin for a devilish dance.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2021
  • The orchestra, led as usual by concertmaster Robert Mealy, was deft and expressive, and the chorus matched it in energy.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2023
  • Thomas Yang has been the concertmaster of the Handel Week Festival, alongside his long-time friend, since season one.
    — Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
  • As the concertmaster and first violinist, Sharon literally sets the tone for the orchestra.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The last movement Rigaudon was silken and elastic, with expert playing by concertmaster Kathryn Hatmaker.
    — Luke Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The musicians played standing and were mostly led by their concertmaster, José Maria Blumenschein.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
  • He was born in Munich to a German concertmaster father and a Japanese pianist mother.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Her talent also was nurtured at Mother McAuley, where Schuler was concertmaster of the string ensemble each year.
    — Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025
  • One of his last major undertakings as concertmaster was, in fact, playing that 1995 Mahler Fest.
    — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The orchestra’s concertmaster, Tchaikovsky drew out the opening theme of the long first movement like a silken skein, his head pillowed on his violin as though listening for a distant melody.
    — Christopher Benfey, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The format of this concert has roots that date back to the Baroque era, wherein the concertmaster or a chord-playing musician like a harpsichordist often served as the leader of an orchestra.
    — Lawrence Elizabeth Knox, Houston Chronicle, 7 Feb. 2018
  • The orchestra has not had a permanent concertmaster since 2012 when Anna Reider stepped down.
    — Janelle Gelfand, Cincinnati.com, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Callas’ nod to the concertmaster (in this case Robert Hanford) and gestures toward the conductor (Eimear Noone) brought a human touch to a high-tech illusion.
    — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 8 Sep. 2019
  • The close, Altstaedt picking up concertmaster Nurit Bar-Josef’s line and reducing it to stillness, was exquisite.
    — Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2020
  • Zikri reported that this concert is something that Chen, who is concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, has been wanting to lead for a long time.
    — Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2023
  • In an era when big studios had their own in-house orchestras, his grandfather Felix Slatkin was the concertmaster at 20th Century Fox.
    — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Mann, who played in the Junior Symphony under the baton of Jacques Gershkovitch for six years (three or four of them as concertmaster) remembers the experience vividly.
    — OregonLive.com, 3 Jan. 2018
  • Festival Orchestra concertmaster William Preucil was soloist in the violin concerto, the last one Mozart would write, in 1774.
    — Marcus Overton, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 June 2017
  • Peter Otto is the symphony's concertmaster and principal violinist.
    — Melonee Hurt, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Keith Stanfield, a violinist, concertmaster and member of The Opus 76 Quartet, was fired March 31.
    — Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The associate concertmaster position also remains vacant three years after longtime violinist Nadya Tichman stepped down, despite multiple rounds of auditions.
    — Lisa Hirsch, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival is returning to La Jolla next month, and for the first time in eight years, a single concertmaster is running the series.
    — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026

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