Lute Festival 2006 Faculty
Ronn McFarlane

     As a teenager Ronn McFarlane developed his talent combining blues and rock music on the electric guitar with study on the classical guitar. He graduated with honors from Shenandoah Conservatory and continued his musical education at Peabody Conservatory before turning his full attention and energy to the lute in 1978. The following year he joined the Baltimore Consort, and since that time he has toured extensively throughout the United States, Canada and Europe as a member of the Baltimore Consort and as a soloist.

     Ronn McFarlane was a faculty member at the Peabody Conservatory from 1984 to 1995, teaching lute and lute-related subjects. In 1996, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Music from Shenandoah Conservatory for his achievements in bringing the lute and its music to the world. He has appeared on numerous recordings on the Dorian label, including six solo recordings, four lute song recordings with soprano Julianne Baird and tenor Frederick Urrey, ten CDs with the Baltimore Consort, and three ballad recordings with Custer LaRue and members of the Baltimore Consort.

     Recently, Ronn McFarlane has been engaged in composing new music for the lute, building on the tradition of the performer-composers of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This new music will be the focus of his next solo CD.

Photo by Kenneth Bé.

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