choir

Examples

• All

• The concert featured a stunning choir of woodwinds and brass, creating a rich and layered sound.

• Or a choir of 2,000 young fathers.

  Barbie (2023)

• The Raelettes are the choir.

  20 Feet from Stardom (2013)

• There was a male voice choir serenading Marilyn under our window.

  My Week with Marilyn (2011)

• High school choirs must sight-read examples at the same level as the required performance selection.

  Academic text (2009)

• Most middle school, high school, and college or university choirs perform spirituals, but this is often where it stops.

  Academic text (2003)

• Options could include choirs oriented to world music, drumming classes, steel drum ensembles, and so forth.

  Academic text (2003)

• The students included members of mixed choirs, women's choirs, and men's choirs.

  Academic text (1999)

• A symphonic orchestra consists of a diverse choir of instruments playing harmoniously together.

Synonyms

E

ensemble

vschoir

57 5.3

A group of musicians, singers, dancers, or actors who perform together, often supporting the main performers

focuses on similar instruments playing together often inside orchestras

C

consort

vschoir

• Specialized

1 8.4

A group of similar instruments played together in early music

is used within orchestras and not limited to historical periods

Idioms

P

preaching to the choir

• Informal

9 6.5

Telling people something they already agree with

Compounds

C

choir loft

1 5.1

A raised area in a church where singers sit during services

C

choir invisible

• Archaic

1 9.9

People who have died thought of as a group

C

choir stall

1 8.5

A carved wooden seat in a church where priests or singers sit during services

C

choir school

5.2

A school where children learn to sing for church services and study normal school subjects

How Large

orchestra

184 3.4

choir

9 3.2

to solo

3 4.2

Surface Forms

Etymology