instrumentalist
instrumentalist
Definition
in·stru·men·tal·ist (-ist)
noun
- a person who performs on a musical instrument
- a person who believes in instrumentalism
adjective
of or in keeping with instrumentalism
instrumentalist
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- year: Best Album of the Year & Instrumentalist of the Year - BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2002.
Converse of object
- feature: AG: The instrumentalists featured on the album were fairly new except for Benoît.
- provide: Cantamus is frequently asked to provide instrumentalists for special events.
- comprise: The Band is the largest American army band in Europe and comprises thirty five instrumentalists.
- involve: We are also keen to involve amateur instrumentalists playing at a good standard in our concerts.
Adjective modifier
- talented: Central to their success is the band's core of talented instrumentalists.
- outstanding: Outstanding instrumentalists are put forward to the St. Albans Stage band and for audition to the County Ensembles.
- fine: The Band boasts some of the finest instrumentalists in the Brass Band movement.
- young: Quartz Quartet Quartz Quartet is made up of four young, very talented string instrumentalists.
- professional: Playing with professional instrumentalists I am sure gave them terrific confidence.
- good: At the Masters there is a soloists prize, awarded to the best instrumentalist on the day.
Modifies a noun
- view: The ACD appear to have taken a very instrumentalist view of the reasons for supporting the sector.
- approach: He shows how the problems of mainstream economic theory can be traced to its basic ( and limited ) focus on an instrumentalist approach.
- image: Although growth was uneven among teachers, all experienced some movement away from an instrumentalist image as instructional roles changed from lecturer to facilitator.
Noun used with modifier
- multi: Wigan based multi instrumentalist, Nancy Elizabeth Cunliffe is set for big things.
- brass: From the Chapters, II to V, I have presented the case studies of different brass instrumentalists.
- solo: Play Along Disney Movie Hits: Now solo instrumentalists can play along with a.. .
- jazz: A series of her articles on women jazz instrumentalists won an ASCAP award.
- beginner: Throughout the term lessons are taught to whole classes - 30 beginner instrumentalists grappling with their newfound talent is a sight to behold!
- period: Where possible period instrumentalists should include a work composed since 1970 in Stage II.
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