orchestration

American  

[awr-kuh-strey-shuhn] / ˌɔr kəˈstreɪ ʃən /

noun

1. the composition or arrangement of music for performance by a band or orchestra, or the music so composed or arranged.

   Holst's iconic musical portrayal of the planets and their astrological significance delights audiences with its rich orchestration and memorable melodies.

2. the instruments used in such a composition or arrangement; instrumentation.

   Handel's original orchestration was for strings and continuo with occasional trumpets and drums.

3. the plans or planning necessary to arrange something or cause something to happen.

   The book chronicles the Empress Dowager’s selection as a concubine and her orchestration of the coup that made her the de facto ruler of China.

4. Computers. an automated series of processes to configure, coordinate, or manage computer systems, data, or software.

   A successful cloud strategy requires orchestration of on-demand provisioning processes and coordination of cloud resources.

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Other Word Forms

• reorchestration noun

Etymology

Origin of orchestration

First recorded in 1830–40; orchestrat(e) ( def. ) + -ion ( def. )

Example Sentences

Its advent signals that the orchestration layer commanded by agentic systems is maturing faster than expected.

From Barron's

“Nelson had a fresh approach to orchestrations, and I made myself fit in with what he was doing.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The open-source AI agent orchestration system, which went viral in recent weeks, became a key topic of Nvidia’s event.

From The Wall Street Journal

The value to enterprises and end users increasingly depends on the orchestration layer built on top of the model, such as the data sources and workflows the LLM can connect to.

From MarketWatch

Model providers like Anthropic “are instead positioning themselves and their agents to be an orchestration layer on top of existing and incumbent systems,” the Deutsche Bank team added.

From Barron's

Related Words

• composition