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Alexander McCall Smith

My wife Elizabeth and I started The Really Terrible Orchestra for people like us who are pretty hopeless musicians who would like to play in an orchestra. It has been a great success. We give performances we've become the most famous bad orchestra in the

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Alexander McCall Smith and his wife Elizabeth created an orchestra for people who are not skilled musicians but still want to play together. Despite their lack of talent, their group has gained fame for being the most well-known orchestra of poor players.

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