Seminars

LSA Seminars in 2009

      The Lute Society of America will again sponsor Summer Seminars in 2009 in the East in conjunction with Amherst Early Music and in the West in conjunction with Early Music Vancouver.

• LSA at Amherst Early Music Festival, 19 – 26 July 2009, Connecticut College, New London CT.  Faculty will include Douglas Freundlich, Grant Herreid, Ronn McFarlane and Philip Rukavina.
• LSA at Early Music Vancouver, 26 – 31 July 2009, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC.  Faculty will include Robert Barto, Jacob Heringman, Pat O’Brien, Nigel North and Grant Tomlinson.

LSA Lute Festival 2008

      Our 2008 Seminar & Lute Festival again took place at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.  Many photos and MP3 files have been posted, but the detailed retrospective of the event is still under construction.

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 will take place in Gruyères, Switzerland, 23 – 30 August 2009.  The theme this year will be La musique des troubadours.
•  German Lute Society International Lute Festivals, held annually for the last 12 years.  The 2009 event will take 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.