The Australian String Quartet has decided that in his 10th year as the Quartet’s violist, Stephen King ‘will transition to a new role at the ASQ as Director of Engagement’.
That’s a very 2021 way of putting it.
No replacement has yet been named.
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Viola players have all the characteristics of outstanding bureaucrats.
I’m reminded of one of Fred Allen’s interviews with a common man on his radio show.
“So tell me, sir,” he inquired, “How did you manage to rise all the way from being an assistant director at a Hollywood studio… to operating a lunch wagon?”
When I see the verb “transition” all I can think of is sex reassignment surgery.
Try too hold on Eric, the urge might pass.
It’s not really a verb. It’s a noun (meaning the process of changing) that has been corralled into being a verb, just as “access” and “impact” have been.
A variation on the old joke:
“established string quartet seeks two violinists, a violist and cellist.”
There’s no-one left from the last few years.
Alas, poor Stephen.
Every organization today should have a ‘Director of Diversity’.