brass band

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Recent Examples of brass band The road to the ESSENCE Festival of Culture™ is paved with beads, the lively sounds of brass bands, and the unstoppable spirit of the Mystic Krewe of Femme Fatale. Essence, 5 Mar. 2025 About 30 people, wearing pale blue hooded rain ponchos, took part in the event, which started at Tribeca Park with a brass band performance and a few speeches, according to an organizer. Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 8 Apr. 2025 Make your way to the anniversary party on opening night in style with your favorite streamer’s reverie strutting through the French Quarter behind a brass band playing some familiar scores, creepy characters, and you. Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 6 Mar. 2025 The biggest names will perform at the Festival Stage, while other stages will welcome other genres; local Mardi Gras Indians and brass bands perform on the Jazz & Heritage Stage, while the Congo Square Stage features Afrocentric and world music. Rachel Desantis, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for brass band
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Noun
  • The 70-voice chorale will be accompanied by an organist and a chamber orchestra.
    Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
  • The piece for chamber orchestra and electronic sounds appears on Miranda’s upcoming new album, also called Qubism.
    Leslie Katz, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • More about the Charlotte Symphony The Charlotte Symphony is the oldest continuously operating symphony orchestra in the Carolinas.
    Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2025
  • Carmel Valley Summer Symphony (CVSS) is a free two-week summer intensive where student musicians can play alongside their peers in a full symphony orchestra, as well as in smaller jazz and chamber ensembles.
    News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • While the show’s famed opening theme was created by Danny Elfman (though Clausen rearranged it beginning in Season 3), Clausen scored hundreds of memorable moments in Springfield over the course of nearly 600 episodes, with Clausen reportedly commanding a 35-piece orchestra for each show.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 31 May 2025
  • Clausen conducted a 35-piece orchestra every week, something producers insisted upon from the beginning.
    Jon Burlingame, Variety, 30 May 2025

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