Justin Locke Productions



Justin Locke, Speaker-- Upcoming Appearances

Every tuesday from 5-6pm, at the Marriott Custom House, Downtown Boston (this weekly event is not a public event per se, but if you contact me I can arrange to have you admitted.)

June 5th, 2008: Needham (MA) Public Library

July 24, 2008: Keynote Speaker, Florida Orchestra Association and the American String Teacher's Association Annual Meeting, Radisson Worldgate Hotel, Orlando, Florida

Recent Appearances:

April 26, 2008: Keynote Speaker, Retail Print Music Dealers Assn. Annual meeting, Seaport Hotel, Boston

Wednesday Sept 12, 2008, 8:05 am-8:30am : Live on NPR station in Lowell, MA: WUML 91.5

October 11 2007 Burbeen Free Lecture Series
Joyce Middle School Auditorium, Woburn MA 7:00

Sept 20 2007: Moses Greely Parker Lecture Series, Pollard Library, Lowell MA 7:00


Real Men Don't Rehearse is an amusing inside look at the usually hidden and secret world of professional orchestras. It is illustrated with dozens of humorous tales of musician antics and concert meltdowns. Outsiders are rarely allowed such access, but at last you can have your own personal tour of the mystical and magical realm of a professional orchestras and the people who play in them.

It was written by Justin Locke, who spent 18 seasons as a professional freelance double bassist in Boston. He played with the Boston Symphony, the Boston Pops, as well as for ballets, operas, and Broadway shows. He is also well known in the symphonic world as the author of Peter VS the Wolf and The Phantom of the Orchestra, which are internationally acclaimed programs for orchestra family concerts.


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Real Men Don't Rehearse


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