GRAND ENCYCLOPEDIA OF VIOLA JOKES - Johnstone-music.com

The Pianist TrillA viola player went to a piano recital. After the performance he went up to thepianist and said, "How well you play. You know, I particularly liked that piece youplayed last--the one that started with the trill."The pianist said, "Huh? I don't remember playing any pieces that started withtrills." The viola player said, "You know--[he hums the opening bars of Für Elise.]The Clever DogIn a pub:-“Well I never! What do I see – a dog playing the viola!”“Yes, but I’d have much preferred if he had studied medicine, you know …” …!The Timid LoversOnce upon a time there were two young violists, who were boyfriend andgirlfriend during quite some time. She picked up courage and said:“Don’t you agree it’s about time we got married?”“Well yes” he said “but who would want us?” … !Schools concertIn a schools concert, the conductor announced that if the children were tobehave very well, and were exceptionally careful, they might come on to the stageduring the interval and look at – or even try – some of the instruments. All well sofar, but at the start of the second half the principal viola was very nervous andfidgety. “What’s up?” whispered the conductor.“It’s those damned children on the stage during the intermission”.“Well ?… don't you think you're overreacting?" continued the conductor.“I'm not overreacting! It’s that one of them came up to have a look at my viola – Iwas approaching the stage again – and this brat untuned one of my strings bymoving a peg – but the little bugger won’t tell me which one” …Eric CoatesNot only a joke … this was actually a true story:Radio presenter, Tim Pollard, on BBC Radio Jersey, when introducing a piece ofmusic by the well-known British composer Eric Coates was heard to have said:"All Eric Coates ever wanted to do was to write music to entertain. But for a whilehe was a professional viola player" …