I dont know how I should even tag this. Im just going to do discussion because I feel like it fits

My assistant principal bassist stopped playing in rehearsal like just doesnt play. We are in chamber orchestra for my school which is grade 4 rep and up. He just doesnt play and we have duetish parts in the peices and I cant play it as a solo bassist. We are supposed to play the soli in ghosts of brandenburg and he doesn't play so its a solo now. Which would be fine except he doesnt play the rest of if it. Granted I've sight read and played this piece since last summer but I wanted to prepare myself for concert rep. Im literally asking the principal cello how to get the bassist to play but I didn't get a clear answer. This would be fine if we were playing easy pieces like grade 3 or something but its grade 4 and we have a consistent record of Superior or gold 1st in festivals or whatever the highest ranking is for them. (A 10 year streak btw)

Thank you for listening to my rant.…