professional musician
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprofessionalandmusician
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professional
adjective
uk/prəˈfeʃ.ən.əl/us/prəˈfeʃ.ən.əl/
relating to work that needs special training ...
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musician
noun[C]
uk/mjuːˈzɪʃ.ən/us/mjuːˈzɪʃ.ən/
someone who is skilled in playing music, usually as ...
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(Definition ofprofessionalandmusicianfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofprofessional musician
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To be aprofessionalmusicianis to be a performer.
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Above all, it values the child's response for its own sake, not because it mimics an adult response or the judgement of aprofessionalmusician.
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And many later operas availed themselves of the talents of similarprofessionalmusician-protagonists.
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Furthermore, becoming aprofessionalmusician, a performer, at the time required significant courage.
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It is not easy to predict who will become aprofessionalmusicianand who will not.
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And finally, who becomes aprofessionalmusicianin the first place?
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Recently published revisionist literature has constructed a sociologically realistic portrayal of aprofessionalmusicianworking among other musicians for a contemporary audience in a specific historical context.
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You can be aprofessionalmusicianwithout being necessarily a very good musician.
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However, that exemplifies the hazard of being aprofessionalmusicianthese days.
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Only theprofessionalmusiciancan judge a piano in comparison with others that he has come across.
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He has been aprofessionalmusiciansince 1979.
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On his death certificate he was listed as being aprofessionalmusician.
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He also played baritone horn in brass bands in his youth, already aprofessionalmusicianby 1920.
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By the mid-1960s he was working as aprofessionalmusician.
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Although he was a composer, he was not aprofessionalmusician, and made his living as a stockbroker.
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She was aprofessionalmusicianand teacher, before became writing full-time from 1958.
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He has played guitar since his childhood and dreamed of becoming aprofessionalmusician.
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She was born in a musical family where her grandmother once sang in a choir, while father was aprofessionalmusician.
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She is the firstprofessionalmusicianin her family, though her father and brother played recreationally.
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It is dazzlingly crafted, and will reach an audience as it provides interest to theprofessionalmusician.
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