Sentence examples for performer beginning from inspiring English sources

This usage is not entirely appropriate, for such instances as the singing of a single melody at parallel intervals (e.g., one performer beginning on C, the other on G) lack the truly distinct or separate voice parts found in true polyphony and in counterpoint.

Maya Angelou had modest success as a singer, dancer, and performer beginning in 1954, when her marriage to her first husband, Tosh Angelos, ended.

When Paris was liberated, Marcel's life as a performer began.

A computer program determines their order as the performer begins to speak freely for about three minutes on each topic.

Years later, after hearing "Christine's Refrigerator," Ms. Lavin, a much-admired songwriter and performer, began to play it over the public address system before and after her concerts.

He and Mr. Wallowitch, a prolific songwriter, pianist and popular cabaret performer, began a well-received act together in 1984 at the Ballroom in New York.

Unperturbed by the thicket of bodies scissoring within inches of her face, the performer begins to sing in a high, pure voice.

His career as a serious concert-dance performer began in 1942 when La Argentinita, considered one of the purest stylists in Spanish dance, invited him to partner her and perform with her company.

There he collaborated with Elvis Costello on an album about the disaster called The River in Reverse (2006), and his late-blooming career as a performer began when he accepted an offer to play a regular Sunday brunch session at an East Village pub.

One young performer began waiting outside at 10 a.m., London said.

He explained that as the performer begins to move, the liquid transfers from one side of the costume to another.