News & Updates

Guitar and Lute Workshop at Academy of Domaine Forget
The International Music and Dance Academy – Domaine Forget de Charlevoix is offering a lute section this year, attached to the guitar program.

Amherst Early Music: Spring Break Workshop
April 22 to April 23, 2023 The Amherst Early Music Spring Break Workshop will be open for recorders, viols, lutes, and singers. This will take place Saturday April 22nd through Sunday April 23, 2023 and will be held at St. George's Episcopal Church in Arlington,...

Amherst Early Music Festival: Lute Fest East
Lute Fest East will feature lute classes with faculty including Grant Herreid, Nigel North, Christopher Morrongiello, and Jason Priset.
Online Lute Fest 2023 Dates Announced
July 30 - August 5, 2023 Plan to join us for an online Lute Festival with classes, lectures, lessons and concerts - a week not to be missed! Scroll down to view a list of faculty and information about scholarships. Schedule & Class Details To be announced soon!...

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.

Official LSA Merch Available Now!
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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...
2021 Lute Fest
Hello lutenists, pluckers, and enthusiasts! As you might have already heard we are indeed having Lute Fest this year! We are running this year’s festival on an entirely different format; it will be a completely virtual event and the first such event in the LSA’s...