chorister
IPA: kˈɔrɪstɝ
noun
- A singer in a choir.
- A director or leader of a choral group.
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Examples of "chorister" in Sentences
- As a child, Jeffreys took piano lessons and was a chorister.
- When he joined the choir at age 8 ½, singing treble, he was told that he would never be more than a chorister.
- As a boy chorister in his Czech-Moravian homeland, Janácek 1854-1928 learned early the potential of choral writing.
- About 9% of the total operating budget would go toward orchestra and chorister salaries, down from 13% last year, opera officials said.
- It would be unthinkable today for an Oxbridge choral scholar, or just about any young British chorister, not to sing the full Messiah regularly.
- My earliest Messiah memories belong to childhood days in the 1960s as a chorister at Canterbury cathedral being giving arias to perform as a unison group.
- It relieved professional chorister Christopher Nemec to see the young people bring dedication and skill to the chorus, an art form many have feared may be dying out.
- "chorister" was so enchanting; and because of his whiteness, and hair which had no grease on it, but stood up all bright; she had never spoken to him -- a far worship, like that for a star.
- Noel had loved one deeply -- the word "chorister" was so enchanting; and because of his whiteness, and hair which had no grease on it, but stood up all bright; she had never spoken to him -- a far worship, like that for a star.
- If one had to narrow it down, the most formative factors in Mr. Muhly's childhood were the rise of the Internet and his work as a boy chorister in Providence, R.I. Much of his music has the feel of a computer desktop with multiple windows open at the same time.
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