[
UK
/ˈɔːkɛstɹɐ/
]
[ US /ˈɔɹkəstɹə/ ]
[ US /ˈɔɹkəstɹə/ ]
NOUN
- seating on the main floor in a theater
- a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players
How To Use orchestra In A Sentence
- I had written quite a lot of orchestral music in my student days.
- Their preferences ultimately shaped the place of worship that Warren built, and the result of that consumer-driven approach to creating Saddleback is a deliberately contemporary, highly professionalized operation with a carefully orchestrated feel-good atmosphere. American Grace
- The orchestrated escort and the accompanying police violence in clearing the picket reflected the involvement of city based police, the local constabulary having been cooperative with the workers.
- Her father used to orchestrate proofs about evil as a way of persuading his flock to convert. WICKED: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST
- Orchestral music and opera are expensive because they need large numbers of people. Times, Sunday Times
- Poland has ten symphony orchestras, seventeen conservatories, over one hundred music schools, and almost one thousand music centers.
- The soloist and orchestra achieve wonderful clarity and fine ensemble.
- The only element of the production that fails to satisfy is the heavily miked, synthesizer-dominated orchestra, which sounds artificial and dead. A 'King' That Is Full of Aces
- The orchestra itself (ten violins, three violas, etc.) is of a healthy (but not anachronistic) size - another plus to this recording.
- Supported by an angelic chorus and lush orchestration, Gibb extolled the virtues of "fingering foreign dirty holes," arguing that while love may be grand, he'd rather "let 'coupledom' die Spinner