Michael Hovnanian just put up a post on his CSO Bass Blog that started with a great joke:

The last chair bassist of a major orchestra fancied himself something of an amateur conductor. One day the Maestro fell ill and with no conductor on call the orchestra manager approached the bassist to fill in. So the bassist led rehearsals and concerts, receiving accolades from both the public and the critics for his performances. The following week the Maestro returned to the podium. When the bassist took his usual seat at the back of the section his stand partner turned to him and asked, “Where the hell were you last week?”

Check out the complete post here, and check out Michael on this week’s Contrabass Conversations (coming out on Sunday)!

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