GRAND ENCYCLOPEDIA OF VIOLA JOKES - Johnstone-music.com

Comments to the public (by Violist)"This must be an extremely wealthy town: I see that each of you bought two orthree seats." (A viola soloist, playing a viola-piano recital to a half-filled house.)At the end of a viola recital there was very lukewarm applause. But the violist,perhaps unaccustomed to any applause, quickly sparked up:“Ah, would you like an encore?”. To which, an old man sitting at the back of thehall chirped in, in a loud voice:“Yeah, play a little bit more if you like – it’s still raining outside!” …The audience at a viola recital were appalled when a telephone rang just off stage.Without missing more than a few notes the soloist glanced toward the wings andcalled, "If that's my agent, tell him I'm working!"