soloist

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Recent Examples of soloist The song becomes the superstar’s fifth leader on the list, tying Taylor Swift for the second-most, and the most among soloists, since the survey began in September 2020. Gary Trust, Billboard, 21 Jan. 2025 Most of the other soloists and bands that keep their names on the weekly lists do so with one single, or perhaps a greatest hits compilation that never disappears. Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025 The Italian-American classic crossover singer (unrelated to actor Ralph Macchio), performs as both a soloist and a member of the New York tenors. Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025 But the loss of Belmont’s collection could create problems for orchestras, chamber music groups and soloists planning performances of Schoenberg’s works in the months ahead. Javier C. Hernández, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for soloist 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soloist
Noun
  • The series is organized by McDaniel, a veteran Broadway music director and accompanist who also oversees the Cabaret & Performance conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 Dec. 2024
  • The arrangements are stripped-down, but their furious energy remains intact as Mr. Hough all but assaults his piano keys, often dragged back from the emotional edge (or a spiraling monologue) by his accompanist on bass, Sue Goldberg.
    Brett Sokol, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • The Wicked star, an accomplished jazz pianist with three albums to his name, played As Time Goes By in tribute to stars including David Lynch and Maggie Smith.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2025
  • At 18, Brandes organized a concert in Cologne for jazz pianist Keith Jarrett.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • This was the kind of virtuoso filmmaking Lynch had never displayed before and perhaps would never do again (with the arguable exception of Mulholland Drive).
    Stephen Galloway, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2025
  • But Ell is also a guitar virtuoso influenced by some very non-country artists like Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton.
    Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 31 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Building on her long-running septet, the New York City flutist and composer started setting poetry to music.
    Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
  • An elbow injury disrupted the career that Elaine Schmidt might have had as a high-level flutist.
    Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Before that, a preconcert panel of Price scholars and current CSO composer-in-residence Jessie Montgomery discussed the symphonist’s remarkable life and even more remarkable music.
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2022
  • A decade after basing a whole festival on Bruckner and minimalist master John Adams, Franz Welser-Most Thursday night at Severance Music Center juxtaposed the grand Austrian symphonist with Arnold Schoenberg, the father of serialism.
    Zachary Lewis, cleveland, 25 Feb. 2022
Noun
  • The maestro of Mar-a-Lago deserves credit, not condemnation, for implementing such a bold order as one of his very first second-term acts.
    Newsweek, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
  • One play: Giannis Antetokounmpo, midrange maestro After the Bucks’ comeback win on Tuesday, Antetokounmpo went through his normal postgame routine.
    Eric Nehm, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Jackman, for the record, also has learned the names of, and provided employment to, the veteran pair of Radio City Music Hall house organists, the musicians in his more-than-amply sized orchestra, his backup singers, his clutch of dancers.
    Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Join in the singing of beloved hymns and anthems with guest choir conductor and organist Charles Frost.
    Del Mar Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Check out Primus’ new drummer announcement on Instagram here.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Ireland’s Inhaler put their hand up for that slot over a decade ago when vocalist-guitarist Elijah (Eli) Hewson, guitarist Josh Jenkinson, bassist Rob Keating, and drummer Ryan McMahon joined forces during their school days.
    Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 7 Feb. 2025

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