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Example sentences for "soloist"

Lexicographically close words:
sollst; sollt; sollte; sollum; solo; soloists; solos; sols; solstice; solstices
  1. He has more than once been a soloist at the concerts of the Hartford Philharmonic Orchestra, and has appeared on other noteworthy occasions.

  2. It's an emergency case; I'm just filling in on the program in place of a 'cello soloist who was taken suddenly ill with influenza.

  3. An hour later Katherine found herself sitting in state in one of the front boxes of a crowded auditorium, impatiently waiting for the soprano soloist to finish a lengthy operatic aria and yield her place to Veronica.

  4. Usually the soloist who has not made a success as a concert artist takes up teaching as a last resort, without enthusiasm or the true vocational instinct.

  5. She occupied the place as soloist in Calvary Church for a while when the choir was composed of Harry Gates, tenor, Fred Borneman, bass, M.

  6. His wife was a beautiful soprano singer and was soloist in the Unitarian Church in the days of the sixties when the church was on Stockton.

  7. Later Mr. Redfield took charge of St. Andrew's choir in West Oakland, and I was left as soloist of the choir.

  8. It was in 1896 I began singing in the choir and in looking around for the leader for the club I was accepted as soloist and leader.

  9. During our conversation my daughter informed me that the ladies of the Episcopal Guild had voted unanimously that I had been accepted as the soloist of the choir of St. John's Church.

  10. At that moment the soloist rises, thanks the conductor, and informs him that on the day of the concert he will, to his great regret, have to send a deputy.

  11. Exasperated by seeing new faces at the instrumentalists' music stands at every rehearsal, he draws their attention to it, and suggests that they should follow the example of the soloist who regularly attends every rehearsal.

  12. I then went to Wiesbaden to take part as soloist in my Concerto at a symphony concert conducted by Klemperer.

  13. At the beginning of my career as a piano soloist I naturally suffered from stage fright, and for a long time I had a good deal of difficulty in overcoming it.

  14. The birds had gone about their morning tasks, and only a single bright song now and then from some soloist in the big tree overhead marked the sweet-scented silence of the morning.

  15. The piece is in the key of E flat, and the violin is to be tuned a semitone higher, the soloist playing in D.

  16. In this the form approaches that of the sonata, though the tutti and solo contrasts still remain, and evidently the soloist played in the tutti sections.

  17. The solo part is but a more elaborate line in the orchestral column, and the soloist is scarcely distinguishable from his orchestral colleagues.

  18. The concerto in D minor for two violins is scored in the same manner; and in all there is evidence that the soloist took part in the tutti sections.

  19. Becomes Soloist to the King of the Netherlands.

  20. But the talented Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan was sorely missed--a woman soloist of worth was needed.

  21. Herschel decided to educate a soloist and assistant.

  22. In the case of solo players this may be excused, as the tempo which may suit the characteristics of one player would perhaps be quite dull if adopted by a soloist with quite a different style.

  23. They will be helped and the soloist will not be harmed.

  24. The singer cannot humor himself as the soloist can, but must go right on with the grand advance of the company.

  25. Prokofieff was his own soloist on these occasions, and it was soon apparent that besides being a composer of emphatic power and originality, he was a pianist of prodigious virtuosity.

  26. The soloist this time was Joseph Szigeti, and it was thanks in large part to his working sponsorship of the Concerto that it began to gather momentum on the international concert circuit.

  27. Jascha Heifetz was the soloist when Serge Koussevitzky and the Boston Symphony Orchestra first performed the new concerto in America.

  28. The conductor was Eric De Lamarter, and the soloist was again Prokofieff himself.

  29. The same violinist was soloist at a subsequent concert in the Colonne concert series, on November 25.

  30. Egon Petri, the celebrated Dutch pianist, was scheduled to appear as soloist in the Prokofieff Third.

  31. Gallagher was on deck and after getting his patent leather shoes well braced on the sub-bass pedals, he knotted together a few chords, and the soloist was off.

  32. When the huddling had ceased, the soloist stepped a trifle to the front and, with the confidence born of a man who stands pat on four aces, gave a majestic sweep of his head toward the organist.

  33. The audience faced the choir and the salaried soloist was happy.

  34. The owner of an excellent voice, she was for some years a soprano soloist in several church choirs in New York.

  35. Apart from that, however, some of his admirers aver that as a violin soloist he has no equal in this country and but few rivals abroad.

  36. After more study and a prolonged tour in Europe, he came to this country as ‘cello soloist of the Metropolitan opera house orchestra in New York.

  37. Finally, after some years of experience as an amateur, he became a soloist in Philadelphia churches and in 1884 went to Italy to study and then appeared in concert in London.

  38. As principal soloist Mr. John Coates had an enormously difficult task, which he performed about as well as was possible with the vocal material that has been assigned to him by nature.

  39. After this Mr. Watson became the star soloist and no more singers were engaged.

  40. If the singing of a soloist or a chorus can meet the test of these requirements, the singing may be called good.

  41. Well, I say Miss Ledbury might have chosen a soloist from V B," returned Beth icily.

  42. She'll be our champion soloist now," returned Christine.

  43. She felt that she had forced the knowledge she wanted, namely that the going of the soloist had something to do with the clergyman.

  44. Then you have them all back for the encore, then exit the chorus if you like, and let the soloist stay on and let her or him do a solo dance if it is going to be strong enough.

  45. The soloist should have been in the center of the stage so the lyric could have been heard and followed by everyone in the audience.

  46. Several American churches apply to me for a soloist on such occasions, and I could help her to pick up quite a little money that way.

  47. This I did, and it fell to me to receive that most coveted of Wagnerian distinctions, "soloist at Beyreuth," the citadel of the highest in German operatic art.

  48. Schumann-Heink's operatic successes here, since her numerous appearances at the leading operatic houses of the world have been followed by such triumphs that she is admittedly the greatest contralto soloist of her time.

  49. If you can fill the position of soloist in a small choir creditably, do so and be contented.

  50. He immediately became well known by his appearance with the Theodore Thomas Orchestra, as well as by his engagement at Plymouth Church, where he was soloist for seven years.

  51. Accordingly, the teacher and Thayer had taken council together, with the result that Thayer was engaged as soloist for the evening, and that Thayer insisted upon singing one group of songs with a piano accompaniment.

  52. Mr. Arlt's suite is to be played, Saturday, and Mr. Thayer is to be the soloist for the concert.

  53. But the best liked soloist was a mystery.


  54. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "soloist" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    artist; interpreter; maestro; minstrel; performer; player; singer; virtuoso; vocalist