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Corwin Slack

Frank Almond writes about obnoxious orchestra behavior

April 17, 2008 at 4:14 PM

I found this quite amusing. Please note that I did not forward this to you, I just linked to it. Linking isn't on the list.

Orchestral Fines

Frank Almond is concertmaster of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra so I presume he knows whereof he speaks.

From Karin Lin
Posted on April 17, 2008 at 7:44 PM
That is awesomely amusing! :) :) :) Thanks for sharing.
From Johnny Fang
Posted on April 18, 2008 at 3:24 AM
Karin: Was that a toadying comment?
From Laurie Niles
Posted on April 18, 2008 at 3:42 AM
LOL!
From Yixi Zhang
Posted on April 18, 2008 at 6:59 AM
Good one! LOL! This is the one I like the best:

"Warming Up Loudly With Solo Part of Concerto To Be Performed by Guest Artist."

From Karin Lin
Posted on April 18, 2008 at 5:48 PM
Nah, Johnny...and even if it were, only toadying to the conductor or soloist is prohibited, not to fellow plebeians.
From Debra Wade
Posted on April 18, 2008 at 10:35 PM
Those were hilarious! Thanks for sharing.

Debra

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