I presume that orchestra people have vicious stereotypes about clarinetists that could be deployed here. I once heard three performers riff on violists for ten minutes and it was frightening.
“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”
Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents
‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said
www.independent.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I presume that orchestra people have vicious stereotypes about clarinetists that could be deployed here. I once heard three performers riff on violists for ten minutes and it was frightening.
Violists I understand
But violinists?!
Outrageous
/jk gallows humor
But violinists?!
Outrageous
/jk gallows humor
January 8, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Violists I understand
But violinists?!
Outrageous
/jk gallows humor
But violinists?!
Outrageous
/jk gallows humor
Your viola section could never.
April 12, 2024 at 9:55 PM
Your viola section could never.
Looks like we're safe from the violists for now.
October 17, 2024 at 6:36 AM
Looks like we're safe from the violists for now.
During the next season the SAME guy accidentally kicked a sword into the pit and the pommel landed on a violists shoulder and crushed her viola
December 14, 2024 at 2:36 PM
During the next season the SAME guy accidentally kicked a sword into the pit and the pommel landed on a violists shoulder and crushed her viola
My top five music genres:
-Electronic morose Germans
-Clanking in the junkyard morose Germans
-High-pitched gothic shrieking
-Pugnacious and nerdy Catalan violists
-Dirty Austrian early music ensembles
-Electronic morose Germans
-Clanking in the junkyard morose Germans
-High-pitched gothic shrieking
-Pugnacious and nerdy Catalan violists
-Dirty Austrian early music ensembles
November 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
My top five music genres:
-Electronic morose Germans
-Clanking in the junkyard morose Germans
-High-pitched gothic shrieking
-Pugnacious and nerdy Catalan violists
-Dirty Austrian early music ensembles
-Electronic morose Germans
-Clanking in the junkyard morose Germans
-High-pitched gothic shrieking
-Pugnacious and nerdy Catalan violists
-Dirty Austrian early music ensembles
That was actually Adolphe Sax's original design, but he was convinced to drop it after several violists were impaled.
March 9, 2026 at 3:30 PM
That was actually Adolphe Sax's original design, but he was convinced to drop it after several violists were impaled.
violists do occupy a special cosmic space
March 28, 2024 at 2:44 AM
violists do occupy a special cosmic space
The only people in an orchestra who rag on violists are the God-damned tone deaf violin section
October 15, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The only people in an orchestra who rag on violists are the God-damned tone deaf violin section
This week at bat shack camp, I am coaching a trio of 3 violists through some Haydn movements and a Bach fugue. One of them is 19, the other two are in their 70s/80s. It is extremely good times.
July 15, 2025 at 1:19 AM
This week at bat shack camp, I am coaching a trio of 3 violists through some Haydn movements and a Bach fugue. One of them is 19, the other two are in their 70s/80s. It is extremely good times.
she has also chosen viola because like 3 years ago she overheard me say that good violists can be in anything they want
December 12, 2024 at 9:48 PM
she has also chosen viola because like 3 years ago she overheard me say that good violists can be in anything they want
The violists are coming. Hide everything. 🫣
October 17, 2024 at 11:40 PM
The violists are coming. Hide everything. 🫣
Anti-violin language: “Well, fiddle-dee-dee!”
Why: this expression can be equivalent to an ironic “well la-dee-dah!” as though the fiddle were not a truly important part of history, music, and conviviality.
New Phrase: “Well, viola-la-la!”
(Violists, I’m kidding, please don’t kill me.)
Why: this expression can be equivalent to an ironic “well la-dee-dah!” as though the fiddle were not a truly important part of history, music, and conviviality.
New Phrase: “Well, viola-la-la!”
(Violists, I’m kidding, please don’t kill me.)
September 23, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Anti-violin language: “Well, fiddle-dee-dee!”
Why: this expression can be equivalent to an ironic “well la-dee-dah!” as though the fiddle were not a truly important part of history, music, and conviviality.
New Phrase: “Well, viola-la-la!”
(Violists, I’m kidding, please don’t kill me.)
Why: this expression can be equivalent to an ironic “well la-dee-dah!” as though the fiddle were not a truly important part of history, music, and conviviality.
New Phrase: “Well, viola-la-la!”
(Violists, I’m kidding, please don’t kill me.)
Violists on the other hand,
December 11, 2023 at 2:46 PM
Violists on the other hand,
Went out after the concert tonight with a big group of friends, plus one extra person I didn't know, who almost immediately said "you look VERY familiar" and within 5 seconds we'd remembered that we were stand partners for *one week* at the NY String Orchestra Seminar in 1993.
violists 🤝 elephants
violists 🤝 elephants
October 18, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Went out after the concert tonight with a big group of friends, plus one extra person I didn't know, who almost immediately said "you look VERY familiar" and within 5 seconds we'd remembered that we were stand partners for *one week* at the NY String Orchestra Seminar in 1993.
violists 🤝 elephants
violists 🤝 elephants
Violists:
a woman in a white jacket is asking " now why am i in it "
ALT: a woman in a white jacket is asking " now why am i in it "
media.tenor.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Violists:
TIL there is a viola jokes wikipedia entry
![Viola jokes
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Viola players have been the subject of jokes since the 1700s.
Jokes directed towards violas and viola players are thought to have largely originated in the 18th century. Violas at the time were mainly used for relatively easy parts and as accompaniment, rather than as solo instruments; violists were generally low-paid and of lower social standing.[1][2]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:flkld6ot3qnpckjqkvvtzvfh/bafkreibp7gnzzybfop75yjx7xh353dncmku7agdt5crcmei7q2wgnkkhou)
March 17, 2026 at 3:29 AM
TIL there is a viola jokes wikipedia entry
I’m one of the world’s foremost violists
January 22, 2026 at 11:01 PM
I’m one of the world’s foremost violists
Oh, they know. Why do you think they became violists?
November 17, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Oh, they know. Why do you think they became violists?
NPR names “Clara Bow” by Taylor Swift as one of the best songs of 2024!
December 5, 2024 at 4:55 AM
NPR names “Clara Bow” by Taylor Swift as one of the best songs of 2024!
Watching all these talented young violists at AVS premiering a piece by that Michael Kimber fellow.
June 21, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Watching all these talented young violists at AVS premiering a piece by that Michael Kimber fellow.
I'm not a musician, but I'm surprised at all the whimsical comments I see about violists.
November 5, 2023 at 3:29 PM
I'm not a musician, but I'm surprised at all the whimsical comments I see about violists.
We have enough violin concertos. There should be a tax on any new violin concerto from this point forward, with all proceeds going to violists and bassoonists.
April 5, 2024 at 11:32 PM
We have enough violin concertos. There should be a tax on any new violin concerto from this point forward, with all proceeds going to violists and bassoonists.
You forgot violists.
October 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
You forgot violists.
What's the definition of a canon? Two violists trying to play in time.
what's the most specifically funny joke you know. as in, you need to know or understand a subject to get why it's funny. the dad joke of your speciality, if you will
February 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
What's the definition of a canon? Two violists trying to play in time.