Once we had found our seats, the orchestra began to warm up, and the public was admitted.

In the 1920s the orchestra began to get money from the state.

It was not until the 1950s that the orchestra had a paid music director and began to pay the musicians.

Recently, the orchestra began a $5 million endowment campaign, in which the new conductor will most certainly be called upon to play a leading role.

But not one of them moved an inch until the orchestra began to play.

The orchestra also began its search for a new Music Director.

The orchestra began, as any good host would, by gussying up the place.

During his tenure, the orchestra began to bring in guest artists.

The orchestra began to play the ominous music preceding the final act.

American orchestras began with a place, not a culture.