buti

Stands for Boston University Tanglewood Institute, recognized internationally as the premiere summer training program for aspiring high school-age musicians and is the only program of its kind associated with one of the world’s great symphony orchestras.

Have you auditioned to BUTI this year?

Viola

A big violin, invented in order to make violins feel like they're any good.

Violin 1: Hey dude, you know what's the difference between a viola and a vacuum cleaner?
Violin 2: I don't, what is it?
Violin 1: You have to turn the vacuum cleaner ON before it can SUCK

Halas

A word in Arabic, that is also used in Hebrew and some other Semitic languages, meaning "stop it" or "enough".

Ahmed: Dad, how long 'til we get there?
Abu-Ahmed: Halas with your questions! Be quiet now.