arranger

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Recent Examples of arranger Liston changed history by becoming the first woman soloist, trombone player, composer and arranger to play on stage alongside men. Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Apr. 2026 Several small group performances in the past couple of years worth of our concerts are directly attributable to his skills as an arranger, band leader, and performer. Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026 Introduced by legendary singer-songwriter Paul Simon, the performance featured a sweeping string arrangement originally conducted by Grammy-winning arranger Jules Buckley. Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 15 Mar. 2026 The songs in the special were instead sung by Gary Chase, who also served as score mixer, arranger, orchestrator and musician on the project. Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025 The pianist, composer and arranger — who served as the orchestra's longtime musical director — spent more than six decades turning El Gran Combo into one of the premier salsa institutions of Latin America and beyond. Isabella Gomez Sarmiento, NPR, 7 Dec. 2025 Motown Museum Chairwoman Robin Terry and musical arranger Paul Riser were also in attendance. Brian McCollum, USA Today, 1 Dec. 2025 But from the opening moments, set in the cozy cabinet of curiosities shop — cue orchestrator/arranger Matt Brind’s mysterious and twinkling Danny Elfman-esque underscoring — there’s real precision to Luke Sheppard’s production. David Benedict, Variety, 30 Nov. 2025 One of Carter’s earliest champions was tenor saxophonist, composer and arranger Benny Golson, who died last year at 95. Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arranger
Noun
  • Campbell, a Grammy and Drama Desk Award-winning music director, conductor, orchestrator, composer and arranger, has led the music department for more than a dozen Broadway shows including Death Becomes Her, Once Upon A Mattress and Some Like it Hot.
    Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2026
  • When Meituan, China’s dominant lifestyle super app that combines services similar to DoorDash, Yelp, and Groupon into a single platform, launched its Xiaomei AI agent in late 2025, executives internally described it not as a chatbot but as an orchestrator plus execution agent.
    Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 17 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Lovejoy, who has continued to work as a community organizer in North Hartford helping to field calls from parents and run a pop-up food pantry, is not so certain.
    Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2026
  • This pill organizer is a must for a traveling senior.
    Aly Walansky, Travel + Leisure, 27 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Müller is one of the premier playmakers in the PWHL and has paired well with Eldridge — a naturally gifted goal-scorer who was acquired via trade with Seattle in March — on Boston’s top line, combining for six goals in the final month of the season.
    Hailey Salvian, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • According to a Padres spokesperson, who checked with the official scorer, the play was ruled a hit because Merrill was not camped out under the ball and was attempting to make a home run-robbing play.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Throughout her trip to the United States, the Queen has reliably chosen British designers in a subtle showing of sartorial support of her homeland.
    Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 29 Apr. 2026
  • There are editors, costume designers, production designers, and obviously the cast, each with outlets that want their point of view.
    Daren Smith, IndieWire, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Related Stories Buechele, a comedian, writer and composer, posts satirical videos about culture, politics, masculinity and the internet.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
  • His music has spanned genres and mediums, with the composer filling various roles, but its through line is its sense of the uncanny and Lopatin’s understanding of how warping sonic textures can tap into surreality.
    Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Ellis, 71, is the event planner and emcee for the annual Somewhere in Time Weekend held at the Grand Hotel in Mackinac Island, Michigan, where the production was filmed.
    Donald Liebenson, IndieWire, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The Cloisters does not take wedding bookings and has an exclusive social planner in charge of events who is not Zabinski.
    Anne Kadet, Curbed, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • As a source of inspiration and catharsis, writing about her own experiences has never been a problem for the singer-lyricist.
    Steve Appleford, SPIN, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Elton's lyricist Bernie Taupin had rewritten the song, which was about Marilyn Monroe, with new lyrics about Princess Diana.
    Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Thomas Jefferson, the great hero of the Declaration of Independence, is shown as hypocritical, cowardly, manipulative, a schemer of every kind.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The standout is Jack Davenport, playing Soames’ father James as a shameless schemer, bent on frustrating his brother’s side of the family by any means necessary.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 23 Mar. 2026

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“Arranger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arranger. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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