51.   Since then he has conducted European ensembles and the major American orchestras and made debuts with the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Royal Opera.

52.   Stephen Paulus has composed for major orchestras and opera companies, but here he does a populist turn with Christmas carol arrangements.

53.   Still, it becomes all the more striking now that several other major American orchestras have lined up their next music directors.

54.   Still, the search again raises the question of what our major orchestras are doing.

55.   Subscription sales are down at every major American orchestra, although this probably has more to do with life style issues than programming.

56.   That contract will give the Fort Worth Symphony a unique position in between major orchestras and the second rank of orchestras in America.

57.   The challenge would cause whole sections of violinists in major orchestras, and many aspiring soloists, to reconsider their vocation.

58.   The Chorale sang with virtually every major American orchestra.

59.   The commonest measure of a podium career is the extent to which a conductor has been embraced by major orchestras in the United States and Europe.

60.   The election of a new pope is a public proceeding compared to the secrecy that surrounds the selection of a new music director for a major American orchestra.