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The phrase "a small ensemble" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a group of musicians or performers who play together, typically in a smaller setting than a full orchestra or large band.
Example: "The concert featured a small ensemble that played classical pieces beautifully."
Alternatives: "a little group" or "a compact band".
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Unless the score is written for a small ensemble, an outsider is necessary.
I understood that concept on one level, but I was working with a small ensemble.
The work is imaginatively orchestrated for a small ensemble, with striking and subtle touches for percussion, accordion and harp.
A small ensemble is a "music performance team," a k a M.P.T. Wind, and string sections are "elements".
Pauline Oliveros, in "Primordial/Lift," engaged with a small ensemble in a lengthy process akin to collective meditation.
There is no mention of the deep, intimate thrill of playing inspired works in a small ensemble.
Peter Maxwell Davies's chamber opera The Lighthouse (1980) requires only three male singers and a small ensemble.
With more than 50 roles (and a small ensemble of children), "Street Scene" is a challenging work to stage.
He got a small ensemble part, but it was enough to convince his traditionalist parents that he might have a career ahead of him.
As the orchestra's self-description, "chamber philharmonic," suggests, it's a small ensemble — only eighteen violinists, and about fifty-five musiniall in all.
The result is a brief, three-movement suite, saltily scored for a small ensemble including banjos, guitars, multiple saxophones and vamping piano.
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