Sometimes the letters are identifiable as the initials of Braxton's friends and musical colleagues.

Quarrington's most consistent musical colleague has been Martin Worthy; their friendship began in high school.

I was caught off guard, and it was at a time when there was a lot of tension [among his musical colleagues].

But within the trio, we always had a real collegial dialogue, and today she's one of my closest musical colleagues in the world.

The New York Pops family mourns the loss of our friend and musical colleague.

We extend our sincerest sympathy to his family and his many musical colleagues.

Among his musical colleagues was the operatic soprano Rosa Ponselle.

Without many independently-minded musical colleagues with whom to interact Górecki was generally unhappy in his post.

In July 2001, a few of his musical colleagues organized a tribute concert to Santiago.

Some musical colleagues, like Aarre Merikanto, considered his death a suicide.