How to Use the orchestra in a Sentence

the orchestra

noun
  • But the biggest change this year is in the orchestra pit rather than on the stage.
    — David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 11 Dec. 2025
  • There’s one bass, one Rhodes, one drum pad, one with a crazy sound, and of course the orchestra.
    — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 19 Feb. 2023
  • The pool’s spring water would be drained so the orchestra could perform on the pool floor.
    — Miami Herald, 24 Nov. 2025
  • The next assignment was to sing with the orchestra.
    — Harry Connick Jr, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2025
  • There will also be eight pieces that have not been performed here by the orchestra before.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
  • This will showcase the orchestra in an amazing way, with a choir and solo singers.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2024
  • As the orchestra swells, a voice slowly surfaces.
    — Ben Cardew, Pitchfork, 2 May 2026
  • Even so, stuff did happen with the orchestra, and that appeared to stoke Thile.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • To have the the orchestra in back, and not below and in front of you, is a little different.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 8 June 2026
  • Not quite conducting the orchestra, more like joining the choir.
    — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Tickets for the mezzanine are sold out, as are most of the orchestra section seats.
    — Bob Mehr, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 25 Mar. 2026
  • On top of the rhythm, different sections of the orchestra take turns playing two themes over and over again.
    — Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Then, the lights turned on so staff could attended to the incident, which took place in the orchestra.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 7 Sep. 2024
  • Most of Sinatra's albums were somewhere in that range in terms of the orchestra size.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
  • Was cuddled his bass lovingly, swaying in time as the orchestra stretched out late.
    — Jim Ryan, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
  • This is Ryan’s third season leading the orchestra.
    — Adam Bell february 24, Charlotte Observer, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Groups of seats surround the stage on all sides, including behind the orchestra.
    — Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Apart from some blurry wind tuning at the start, the orchestra played splendidly.
    — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Fendrix credits the orchestra with sharing that open approach.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Disney was supposed to have a pit for the orchestra, allowing for staging opera and dance.
    — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Voices in the orchestra step forth to double the cello here and there — a tricky alignment in any acoustic.
    — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2025
  • Among the orchestra’s players, Dudamel was the favorite from the start.
    — Javier C. Hernández, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Prior to each piece, the orchestra performed a prominent theme present in each piece of music.
    — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 25 July 2024
  • In his mind, the orchestra’s music director could also hear it.
    — Adam Bell, Charlotte Observer, 13 Oct. 2025
  • But for my momentary surrender to the orchestra and the rhythm of the waltz, my thoughts have been elsewhere.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Basking in colorful lights, the cast struck their final poses as the orchestra’s last chord rang out.
    — Claire Law, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2023
  • And instill them into the orchestra just by using telepathy.
    — Melonee Hurt, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Longstreth, in a moss-green cotton suit, cut an odd silhouette against the uniform polish of the orchestra.
    — Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Joana Mallwitz, whose debut with the orchestra last year was a thrill a minute, has been invited back.
    — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
  • It was later turned into a film which roused several of the women to write their own memoirs of the orchestra.
    — Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025

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