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How to pronounce orchestra in English?

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Type Words
Type of musical organisation, musical organization, musical group
Has types symphony, chamber orchestra, philharmonic, symphony orchestra, string orchestra
Derivation orchestral, orchestrate
Type Words
Type of seating room, seating, seating area, seats

Examples of orchestra

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There were many instances where Medoff's singing was buried under the orchestra.
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For its 99th season, the orchestra will showcase some of its standout musicians.
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Here are the members of the orchestra that played at the Piping Rock Lake House.
From the timesunion.com
Covenant Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir, soloists and orchestra will perform.
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The cast of 60, crew of 27 and orchestra of 20 have been preparing for 10 weeks.
From the ocregister.com
Worley says the orchestra is running low on cash and has been running a deficit.
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Running servers in the cloud is like conducting an orchestra of humpback whales.
From the economist.com
The combined choir and orchestra performed pieces by Purcell, Handel and Hayden.
From the henleystandard.co.uk
I was infatuated too by the orchestra behind me, but wondered whether it was me.
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More examples
  • A musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players
  • Seating on the main floor in a theater
  • (orchestral) relating to or composed for an orchestra; "orchestral score"
  • An orchestra (/u02C8u0254u02D0rku1D7Bstru0259/ or US /u02C8u0254u02D0ru02CCku025Bstru0259/; Italian:u00A0) is a large instrumental ensemble, often used in classical music, that contains sections of string (violin, viola, cello and double bass), brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments...
  • ELO Part II were an offshoot band formed by former Electric Light Orchestra drummer Bev Bevan. They are currently known as The Orchestra.
  • A large group of musicians who play together on various instruments, usually including some from strings, woodwind, brass and/or percussion; the instruments played by such a group; A semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in Ancient Greek and Hellenistic theatres; The area ...
  • (Orchestras) There are around 130 German professional orchestras, first and foremost among them the Berlin- Philharmonic under Sir Simon Rattle, the Berlin Staatskapelle under Daniel Barenboim, the Gewandhausorchester under Riccardo Chailly, the Bamberg Symphonic under Jonathan Nott and the ...
  • The Stalls: the seats on the lower part of the theatre
  • A group of musicians led by the conductor who accompany the singers.