How to Use instrumentalist in a Sentence

instrumentalist

noun
  • Dozens of Irish bands, celtic instrumentalists and more will play across six stages.
    — Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The group was not based around a front man or primary instrumentalist.
    — Alan Sculley, Detroit Free Press, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Because there’s not a woman right now that every young dude wants to play with as an instrumentalist.
    — New York Times, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Yasmin Williams, an instrumentalist alike in ear and hand, guests.
    — Nathan Rizzo | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 5 Jan. 2022
  • For something a bit more left of center, look to instrumentalists in disparate fields.
    — The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2023
  • And, most impressive of all, not a sign of fatigue from singers or instrumentalists from start to finish in a long work.
    — Marcus Overton, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 Mar. 2018
  • The soloists, instrumentalists and chorus sounded as polished and seasoned in the style as he.
    — John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 16 Oct. 2017
  • The only one who is female is possibly the singer and maybe a fraction of the instrumentalists who may work on the project.
    — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Aspiring instrumentalists, wandering troubadours and some of the biggest names in rock ’n’ roll have all made their way through its doors.
    — Julia Wick, latimes.com, 8 June 2019
  • Kivel’s firm hires dozens of artists and instrumentalists and had booked around 200 weddings and events for the spring high season.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2020
  • This is because your instrumentalist can and should add their own twist to the music, making songs that guests have heard repeatedly seem fresh and fun.
    — Kice Akkawi, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Fiddle player Brittany Haas won the award for instrumentalist of the year.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 15 Dec. 2020
  • Twenty-one-year-old singer and instrumentalist Samantha Tracy will open the show.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Dec. 2019
  • But Diplo isn’t exactly an instrumentalist, which is hard to conceal on that stage in a room full of musicians.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 23 Jan. 2020
  • Since Chuck Berry’s first hits, rock’s most famous instrumentalists have been lead guitarists, who step out in front of the band with flashy solos.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2025
  • As usual, Case is not only the singer, but a multi-instrumentalist and producer who treats songs as myths and parables.
    — Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com, 1 June 2018
  • The less obvious part is the erstwhile ambient instrumentalist’s return to her own voice.
    — Linnie Greene, Pitchfork, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Joined by two other instrumentalists and a string quartet, Carlile and the twins played all but one of the record’s songs over the course of the 110-minute set.
    — Bob Gendron, chicagotribune.com, 16 June 2018
  • Shipp emerged as the quieter percussionist and instrumentalist, while Buzz took the reins as the vocalist.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2025
  • That’s particularly true of those who practice the art of the griot — the hereditary caste of bards, instrumentalists and singers.
    — John Adamian, courant.com, 18 June 2018
  • She is described as an instrumentalist who is not from the United States and has performed at Carnegie Hall.
    — EW.com, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Hotshot guitarist Grace Bowers — a prodigy who turned 18 less than two months ago — won instrumentalist of the year.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Headlining the event is Glass Mountain, a female trio of singers and multi-instrumentalists.
    — Jen Banowetz, Naperville Sun, 14 June 2018
  • The Format consist of lead singer Nate Ruess and instrumentalist Sam Means.
    — Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • And look out for Kaitlyn Thomas, an impressive multi-instrumentalist and singer who plays the young Karole.
    — James Hebert, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 Dec. 2017
  • Bonk would play a blues or jazz lick for Jones and have her sing and play the lick back to her to develop her ear and connect her phrasing as an instrumentalist to her phrasing as a vocalist.
    — Dallas News, 5 May 2022
  • The instrumentalists and dancers work in tandem, with the music cuing specific steps and the person under the lion’s tail following the dancer under the head.
    — Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The award for instrumentalist – piano is named after Pinetop Perkins, who died in 2011.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 12 May 2023
  • Marie Kondo might balk at the scene, but the guitars, piano and recording equipment arrayed around the furniture spark joy for the multi-instrumentalist.
    — Sarah Rodman, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Community members of all ages are invited to participate as soloists, duets, small groups or instrumentalists.
    — Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026

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