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LA violin blogger gets called in by the LA Phil

LA violin blogger gets called in by the LA Phil

Laurie Niles, an LA freelancer, writes violinist.com, essential reading for strings players.

One day she got a call from her local band:

… In late February, I received an e-mail from a personnel director whom I’d never heard of: “Are you available for these dates?” As the longtime editor of Violinist.com, a longtime free-lancer and a teacher, I get a LOT of e-mail, a lot of not-doable requests, a lot of spam. My first assumption was, “Hmmm, this is probably some non-union gig that I’m going to have to politely decline…”

“Yes, I am available on those dates,” I wrote, and quickly pressed “send,” feeling like I was doing something a little naughty. Because of course they were not actually trying to ask me to play. This was a mistake or joke or mix-up. For sure.

“Great Laurie! You’ll be in the first violins, eighth stand!”

WHAT? Okay, look, first of all, I play second violin. The last time I played first violin I literally had a panic attack on stage…

Will she? Won’t she?

Read on here.

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