Definition: 1. A large group of people who play various musical instruments together, led by a conductor. 2. A musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players. 3. Seating on the main floor in a theater.
Use 'orchestra' in a sentence:
1. The orchestra are/ is performing before a large audience.
2. We've booked the orchestra to appear here on saturday.
3. To christen the new hall, a number of great orchestras have been invited to play.
4. Under its new conductor, the orchestra has established an international reputation.
5. Turning toward the audience, he pointed to the rear of the orchestra, yelling wildly at the same time: "Look, look!"
6. The orchestra is very important for the cultural life of the city.
7. Your orchestra is definitely out of tune . Shall we, er , try it again?
8. And then the orchestra struck up the National Anthem.
9. I'd love to hear it played by a professional orchestra.
10. The orchestra played with great panache.
11. The orchestra played superbly.
12. I always dreamed of becoming the conductor of an orchestra.
13. "They're all linked together like an orchestra, " so when one cycle is out of whack, it tends to sideswipe the others as well.
14. The sense of unalloyed power we often take from his music is a result, not of the weight of orchestra sound.
15. She could hear the tinny strains of a chamber orchestra.
16. It is a scandal that such a large town has no orchestra.
17. The orchestra played Mozart's Symphony No. 35 in D Major.
18. No one ever mentions the Philharmonic Orchestra without praising it.
19. Our orchestra is trying to find a violinist.
20. Jazz was in its heyday back then, and when she got out of the conservatory, she was invited to join a jazz orchestra.
21. A number of established traditional Chinese music performers will play solos as well as collaborate with the folk music orchestra.
22. He had nursed an ambition to lead his own big orchestra.
23. I played the trumpet in the school orchestra.
24. The orchestra did Beethoven no favours.
25. The orchestra played with evident enjoyment.
26. The orchestra has grown in stature.
27. Acid rock could never be played by acoustic guitars and a symphony orchestra, could it?
28. For these reasons, we recommend that the city eliminate funding for the Grandview Symphony Orchestra from next year's budget.
29. Moving to Germany, he became a stalwart of the revered Kurt Edelhagen Orchestra.
30. The orchestra contrived to produce some of its best playing for years.
31. The BBC Symphony Orchestra played with great panache.
32. In an orchestra, mainly.
33. He is good at distinguishing the sounds of different instruments in an orchestra.
34. With another leap, he was on the orchestra leader's head.
35. He plays the violin in an orchestra.
36. The orchestra played with a winning combination of gusto and precision.
37. The orchestra are tuning up.
38. The chorus was seated above the orchestra.
39. The Lithuanian Philharmonic Orchestra played Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
40. She plays the flute in the school orchestra.
41. The Orchestra plays at Memorial Hall at 1406 Elm Street, which offers several concerts from March through June.
42. I was tempted to stay and hear this superb orchestra rehearse.
43. To this end, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra will present to you a brilliant performance this evening.
44. At home, I was the youngest member of our community orchestra.
45. Masur led the orchestra with assurance.
46. The orchestra tuned their instruments.
47. She plays the cello in an orchestra.
48. We have a pretty great orchestra here that you can take for credit, as like a class.
49. The orchestra gave its first performance on Whit Monday.
50. The orchestra has more discipline now, but at the expense of spirit.
51. The orchestra plays immaculately.
52. My fiance is the leader of the orchestra.
53. Young conductors earn their spurs in a small orchestra or opera house.
54. The orchestra was tuning up as we entered the hall.
55. It's the first performance of the State Symphony Orchestra in our city, so suit and tie is a must.
56. It is time for the city of Grandview to stop funding the Grandview Symphony Orchestra.
57. In its first function as WHO Goodwill Ambassador, a quartet from the Orchestra performed this morning at the opening of the World Health Assembly.
58. The orchestra struck up and the curtain rose.
59. That understates my commitment to the orchestra.
