Seminars

LSA Seminar 2010

      The Lute Society of America Summer Seminar 2010 will run from Sunday afternoon, 27 June, through Saturday morning, 3 July.  The venue will once again be Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.  Mark your calendar, schedule your vacation time, and come join us for a week of total immersion in all things lute!

      Participants can expect to learn about the lute and its music in three or four daily classes or lectures and to attend at least one major concert and one shorter recital per day.  While the emphasis will be on Italian music of the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries, those interested in more recent music and other national styles can expect to be more than satisfied as well.  There will be a bookstore where you can purchase facsimiles and modern editions of historical works as well as contemporary compositions for baroque and Renaissance lute; it will also offer literature for related instruments like the baroque guitar.  If you have not had the opportunity to enjoy one of our Seminars in the past, please follow the links below to get a hint of what the experience will be like.  Stay tuned for details.

      Facuty for the 2010 Summer Seminar will include:

• Robert Barto
• Doug Freundlich
• Gail Gillispie
• Ellen Hargis (voice)
• Carrie Henneman Shaw (voice)
• Edward Martin
• Ronn McFarlane
• Christopher Morrongiello
• Nigel North
• Pat O’Brien
• Paul O’Dette
• Phillip Rukavina
• Stephen Stubbs
• Crawford Young

LSA Lute Festival 2008

      Our 2008 Seminar & Lute Festival took place at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.  Many photos and MP3 files have been posted on a separate page to provide a detailed retrospective of the event.

Afterglow of LSA Seminars Past

    A photographic record of the great fun that was had by all:

• 2008 – Cleveland
• 2007 – Seminar East:  Amherst
• 2007 – Seminar West:  Vancouver
• 2006 – Cleveland
• 2005 – Seminar East:  Amherst
• 2005 – Seminar West:  Vancouver
• Baroque Lute Weekend, Cleveland, October 2005
• 2004 – Cleveland
• 2003 – Vancouver
• 2002 – Cleveland
• 2001 – Vancouver
• 2000 – Cleveland

    A more complete listing of the Seminars that have been
sponsored by the Lute Society of America can be found
on our History page.

International Seminars

•  The Seventh Early Music Workshop & Concert Series of the Association Guitare et Luth took place in Gruyères, Switzerland, 23 – 30 August 2009.  The theme this year was La musique des troubadours.
•  German Lute Society International Lute Festivals, held annually for the last 12 years.  The 2009 event took place 24 – 26 April.
•  For the first time, a European Lute Festival, involving participation of a number of the national Lute Societies, took place in Antwerp, 20 – 22 February 2009.
•  Les Journées du Luth 2008 of the Société de Luth Français – 25, 26 & 27 January 2008, Toulouse.  Masterclasses, concerts and exposition.  Recto (121 KB) & verso (352 KB) of the flyer.
•  Third Annual Meeting of the Sociedad de la Vihuela – 6, 7 & 8 December 2007, Valencia, Spain.
•  Second Annual Meeting of the Sociedad de la Vihuela – 1, 2 & 3 December 2006, Úbeda, Spain.
•  First Annual Meeting of the Sociedad de la Vihuela – 3 & 4 December 2005, Salamanca, Spain.
•  Festival de Luth de la Société de Luth de la Nouvelle-France, 14 – 16 May 2004.