"As someone who sits behind the second violin section, it's just the most amazing sound you can hear," he said.

Clark himself would sometimes sit and play with the second violin section.

From 1977 to 1984 he played in the second violin section of the orchestra.

One year later, he was in the first violin section.

But will such an ambitious player really be content to sit in the second violin section of an orchestra, even a major one?

He is not only the leader of the first violin section but also a liaison between the conductor and the players.

Blanche Lawrence has played in the violin section since 1931, when she was 14.

Mine was directly behind the violin section and right next to the timpanist.

At one time he was the conductor, leading with his bow from the violin section.

"Does he have a violin section behind him, when he's saying these things?"