As of next week, I will join the ranks of the few, the tenor-clef reading string players. . . the violists. I wanted to join the chamber music society at school, but I didn't make the auditions. It was too late to try out for MITSO again, and I really wanted to be playing with a smaller group. So my old stand partner told me to try out for the chamber orchestra.


I met up with Dante and he showed me the situation: a full violin section, and 2 or 3 violists. He said he'd lend me a viola, and give me lessons. . . I know there's a stereotype about bad violinists becoming violists to get into orchestras. . . and even more jokes about bad violists. . . But I'm actually excited about having a C string ^_^.