1.   The difficulties involved in learning it may also discourage the largely amateur choirs which accompany professional orchestras from adding it to their repertoire.

2.   Although both extend over longer terms, neither offers a comparable exposure to the overall workings of an orchestra or the opportunity to conduct a professional orchestra.

3.   All the other applicants could either handle a professional orchestra or work with an educational program.

4.   Last year it became the first American professional orchestra to perform in Hanoi since the Vietnam War.

5.   Many jaded professional orchestra players keep their eyes on their scores and watch the conductor, if at all, through peripheral vision.

6.   The New World Symphony was created to help conservatory graduates cross the bridge into professional orchestras.

7.   The situation the finest choral conductors typically face, with a large amateur chorus in combination with a professional orchestra, is highly complex.