school orchestra

collocation in English

meaningsofschoolandorchestra

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school
noun
uk
/skuːl/us
/skuːl/
a place where children go to ...
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orchestra
noun
uk
/ˈɔː.kɪ.strə/us
/ˈɔːr.kə.strə/
a large group of musicians who play many different instruments together and are led by ...
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(Definition ofschoolandorchestrafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The importance of extracurricular work is shown by the references to conducting and rehearsing theschoolorchestra(and other instrumental ensembles) and the organisation of concerts and music festivals.
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C took piano lessons for a year and 'hated it' but also played the tuba in theschoolorchestrafor two years.
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The gramophone could stand in lieu of theschoolorchestraat assemblies or the organ during religious observances, and provide the musical accompaniment for gymnastics and marches.
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So theschoolorchestraflourishes as does the musical experience of the children within the school.
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It now takes a trained ear to tell the difference between a goodschoolorchestraand an orchestra of professionals.
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It is for each school to decide, in the light of its individual circumstances, whether it should form aschoolorchestra.
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I was a bad flautist in what was, inschoolorchestraterms, a good orchestra.
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I played in aschoolorchestra.
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They dated in high school after initially meeting as members of their highschoolorchestra, as well as partners in the ballroom dance club.
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As an undergraduate, he performed his own piano concerto with theschoolorchestra.
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Theschoolorchestratoured the country, which meant he was able to notch up over one hundred performances within four years.
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However, when hisschoolorchestraneeded a cello player, he took it up.
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Drake played piano in theschoolorchestra, and learned clarinet and saxophone.
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In grammar school, he learned the guitar, mandolin and balalaika and played in theschoolorchestra.
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The unlikely musician thus became the concertmaster of hisschoolorchestra.
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She made her conducting debut, while still a student, as assistant conductor of her highschoolorchestra.
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Culturally, the school has its own choir for each syndicate level and a small inschoolorchestrafor anyone who wants to participate.
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She also was active in herschoolorchestra.
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There are regular school plays, including an annual musical, a number of choirs and aschoolorchestra, which perform locally.
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