1. a group of six people performing together, especially musicians or singers
2. a musical composition written for six performers

Examples

• The jazz sextette performed at the local club every Friday night.
• She joined a vocal sextette that specialized in Renaissance music.
• The composer wrote a beautiful sextette for strings and piano.
• The chamber music sextette included two violins, a viola, a cello, a flute, and a piano.
• Their sextette won first place in the regional music competition.
• The sextette rehearsed for months before their debut performance.