chorister

[US]/'kɒrɪstə/
[UK]/'kɔrɪstɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a singer who is a member of a choir, a person who conducts a choir.
Word Forms

Example Sentences

The chorister sang beautifully during the church service.

The young chorister practiced diligently for the upcoming performance.

The chorister's voice echoed through the cathedral.

The choir director selected the best choristers for the solo parts.

The chorister harmonized perfectly with the rest of the choir.

The chorister's passion for music was evident in every performance.

The chorister received a standing ovation for their solo performance.

The talented chorister was chosen to represent the choir at the competition.

The chorister's dedication to their craft was admirable.

The chorister's voice soared to the rafters of the concert hall.

Real-world Examples

He saw to it, too, that each chorister had singing lessons.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

A 2013 study of choristers showed that singing, humming and mantras all help keep the heart's rhythm in step.

Source: BBC Ideas Selection (Bilingual)

Music in which a strain of the heavenly choristers was echoed!

Source: Seven-angled Tower (Part 2)

One of the choristers went round the nave making a collection, and the coppers chinked one after the other on the silver plate.

Source: Madame Bovary (Part Two)

His choristers could sing them with a freedom, edge and individuality they could not show in the weightier hymns or in the anthems.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Listened to by millions of people around the world, it starts with a chorister singing the first verse of Once in Royal David's City.

Source: Queen's Speech in the UK

The voices of the choristers rose higher, triumphantly: " Genitori, genitoque, Laus et jubilatio, Salus, honor, virtus quoque, Sit et benedictio" .

Source: The Gadfly (Original Version)

What you might not expect is choristers attempting to sing " O clap your Hands" , an eightpart anthem composed by Orlando Gibbons and first performed in 1622.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

First appeared a Band of Choristers: As soon as they had passed, the Monks fell in two by two, and followed with steps slow and measured.

Source: Monk (Part 2)

The surplices of the choristers gleamed, rainbow-tinted, beneath the coloured windows; the sunlight lay on the chancel floor in chequered stains of orange and purple and green.

Source: The Gadfly (Original Version)

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