Profession, leader of the first viola section of an orchestra.
1 We apply for a job as first viola with the Israeli Philharmonic.'
2 He was first viola in the celebrated band of Sir Charles Halle and was complimented at one time by Mendelssohn, the great composer.
3 First Viola favored them with several instrumental selections from the great masters.
4 Madeline has played First Viola in several orchestras, and now teaches at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
5 "Switched to a less competitive instrument, at least at my school, and got to be first viola instead of second fiddle."
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