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Applications Now Open for Summer Scholarship 2026
Cleveland Lute Fest 2026 The Lute Society of America's lute festival will be held in person at Case Western Reserve University. Scholarships are available for Lute Fest and the Lute Fest Vocal Program. Scholarships include full tuition as well as some travel expenses...
Applications Now Open for Summer Scholarship
Summer Lute Fest 2025 Online The Lute Society of America's lute festival will be held online this year. The LSA @ Amherst festival will be held in-person at Muhlenberg College located in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Scholarships include full tuition as well as some travel...
From Sor to Bartolotti: An Interview with Lex Eisenhardt
Published in the LSA Quarterly, musicologist Arash Ahmadzadeh interviews distinguished performer, researcher, and recording artist Lex Eisenhardt. https://lutesocietyofamerica.org/quarterly/2023-volume-58-no-4/ For access to the LSA Quarterly, become a member today!...
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Basel Lute Days: September 14th–18th, 2022
The German Lute Society , in collaboration with the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, will sponsor Basel Lute Days, bringing together performers, researchers, teachers and students. This event combines The International Musicological Study Group on Tablature in Western Music, the 2nd International Conference on Lute Study in Higher Education and the German Lute Society’s International Lute Festival.
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Joint Publication from the LSA and the German Lute Society
Following the conference Teaching the Lute in Higher Education held in Bremen on 27-29 September 2019, the LSA entered into a collaborative project with the German Lute Society to publish a volume of the papers from the conference. The result is a book just published:...
Lute Fest 2022
June 26 – July 2, 2022
Case Western Reserve University • Cleveland, Ohio
Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Masterclass with Hopkinson Smith
On November 27th & 28th, 2021, the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis is hosting a Masterclass in Interpretation and Technique with Hopkinson Smith. The two-day masterclass is aimed at a wide range of musicians and music students in Switzerland and abroad and is...