| In my opinion, community orchestras are about allowing the COMMUNITY players to show their stuff from time to time. I would have politely informed the conductor that, "thanks for the offer, but I will be playing the solo from MY book." If he had a problem with that, I would then have politely told him to go for a long walk on a short pier.
Then again, I have never really been a part of a communtiy orchestra and one of the reasons is because I know up front that I'm just not a very political person. I tend to speak my mind, which sometimes gets me into trouble. I don't think you are wrong for feeling like your toes are being stepped on. I would feel the same way.
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