"formal piece" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You could use it to refer to any type of formal clothing or a written work of a more serious or formal nature. For example, "She wore a formal piece to the event." or "His essay was a very formal piece."
Yet another created an abstract formal piece focusing on balance and the "architecture" of the music.
He and his women (Kristen Foote and Ms. Corwin) are connected intimately at every moment in this coolly formal piece.
A more recent and less formal piece is "Those Who See (Monkeys)" (1987), a series of seven watercolor panels, each neatly stenciled on top with anonymous but official-looking documents, newspaper clippings, permits, advertisements and such.
He knows how to link steps (not everyone does), to invert them and above all to create a contemporary ethos without rejecting classical form; "Haiku" is a formal piece performed to Cage's characteristic alternation of stillness and percussion (including piano).
But they have their uses, and when not mishandled by being made to imitate a mosaic or a Turkey carpet, they can give a certain beauty to a formal piece of garden.
Mr. Kahane supported this argument with two sets of his vocal works: first, the "Orinoco Sketches," a formal piece in its first New York performance, and later, selections from his most recent pop disc, "Where Are the Arms" (2nd Story Sound).
Worn with more formal pieces, black trousers are a basic and, dressed down, are a chic alternative to denim.
He showed inserts of leather in suits and made the sportswear as powerful as the more formal pieces.
Again I did the formal pieces followed by the Duncan Thickett routine, curious to know how they would respond.
All are experimental formal pieces with a defining clarity that explore Ligeti's complex, often polyphonic structures.
Every year, we invite teenagers to channel their passions into formal pieces: short, evidence-based persuasive essays like the editorials The New York Times publishes every day.
