Real Men Don't Rehearse

Real Men Don't Rehearse is an amusing collection of stories about the secret world of professional orchestras.

Justin Locke spent 18 years as a freelance double bass player in Boston, where he played with the Boston Pops and the Boston Symphony, as well as in pit orchestras for operas, ballets, and Broadway shows. The long list of distinguished conductors he played for includes Henry Mancini, Leonard Bernstein, seiji Ozawa, John Williams, and Arthur Fiedler.He is a "score reader" for television broadcasts of the Boston Pops, and he is the author of several programs for family orchestra concerts which are done all over the world.