It’s the title of a charming and humorous essay in today’s OpEd pages by Alexander McCall Smith.
It tells of a symphony orchestra in Scotland which is composed — purposely! — of
awful musicians. It knocked me out and you’ll be able to read it at…
…if the Times has relaxed their access rules. Here’s the opening.
WHY should real musicians — the ones who can actually play their instruments — have all the fun?
Some years ago, a group of frustrated people in Scotland decided that the pleasure of playing in an orchestra should not be limited to those who are good enough to do so, but should be available to the rankest of amateurs. So we founded the Really Terrible Orchestra, an inclusive orchestra for those who really want to play, but who cannot do so very well. Or cannot do so at all, in some cases.
It (the article) gets better as it goes.
I’m off to amazon.com to see if the CD(s?) he mentioned are available there.
