Noun
small orchestra; usually plays classical music
Source: WordNetShe will play with the Summer Music Institute chamber orchestra, taking part in two public concerts at the well-known Kennedy Centre Concert Hall and chamber music performances at the Millenium Stage. Source: Internet
Lee Kopp, who handles public relations for Symphony Silicon Valley and the San Jose Chamber Orchestra, voices profound unease. Source: Internet
On November 30, 1949, Norman Granz arranged for Parker to record an album of ballads with a mixed group of jazz and chamber orchestra musicians. Source: Internet
In 1968 Robert Hughes arranged a number of Stevenson's works for chamber orchestra, which toured the Pacific Northwest that year. Source: Internet
A leading chamber orchestra might employ as many as fifty musicians; some are much smaller than that. Source: Internet
A sinfonietta usually denotes a somewhat smaller orchestra (though still not a chamber orchestra). Source: Internet