Lute Society of America Events

Amherst Early Music Festival 2023: Lute Fest East

July 9 - 16, 2023

Registration is now open for the Amherst Early Music Festival for 2023. The festival will be held at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

For more details about the festival schedule, visit amherstearlymusic.org/festival

For the 2023 Festival Registration form, click here.

Scholarships

To apply for a scholarship, please complete this form.

The scholarship application deadline is May 1, 2023

Scholarship recipients will be announced by June 1, 2023

To donate to a scholarship fund and help support the next generation of lutenists, please click here.

Schedule & Class Details

Central Program - Lute Society of America classes

Thursday, July 13 - Lute Society of America Faculty Broken Consort Concert

Questions?

Contact Festival Director – Jason Priset lsafestivaldirector@gmail.com

Faculty

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Grant Herreid
Christopher Morrongiello
Jason Priset

Online Lute Fest 2023

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!

Scholarships

To apply for a scholarship, please complete this form.

The scholarship application deadline is May 1, 2023

Scholarship recipients will be announced by June 1, 2023

To donate to a scholarship fund and help support the next generation of lutenists, please click here.

Schedule & Class Details

To be announced soon! You will be able to register for classes à la carte by picking and choosing the ones you wish to attend or you can register for the whole week.

Concerts

To be announced soon! A concerts only package will be available.

Questions?

Contact Festival Director – Jason Priset lsafestivaldirector@gmail.com

Faculty & Concert Performers

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Nigel North holding a Renaissance lute and looking thoughtfully at the camera
Paul Beier
Nigel North holding a Renaissance lute and looking thoughtfully at the camera
Catherine Liddell
Xavier Díaz Latorre
Christopher Morrongiello
Eduardo Egüez
Eduardo Egüez
Nigel North
Lucas Harris
Bor Zuljan

Regional Lute Events

Amherst Early Music Spring Break Workshop

April 22 - April 23, 2023

Registration is now open on the Amherst Early Music website for the Spring Break Lute Ensemble Workshop! The venue will be at St. George’s Episcopal Church in Arlington, Virginia.

For more details about the festival schedule, visit Spring Break Workshop

For the 2023 Workshop Registration form, click here.

Schedule & Class Details

The workshop will focus on ornamenting Italian madrigals (“madrigals plain and fancy”), and will include the madrigal “Lasciar il velo” by Francesco Layolle in the version that contains genuine 16th century ornamentation by Giovanni Camillo Maffei. The workshop will also feature a music history lecture by Chris and a session for "clef readers.”

Faculty

Doug Freundlich and Chris Morrongiello

Questions?

Contact Spring Break Lute Workshop Coordinator – Michael Stover lutesocietydc@gmail.com

Guitar and Lute Workshop at Academy of Domaine Forget

June 27 - July 7, 2023

The International Music and Dance Academy - Domaine Forget de Charlevoix is offering a lute section this year, attached to the guitar program. This is a great opportunity for lutenists to perfect their knowledge of various instruments (renaissance and baroque lutes, theorbo, archlute, and baroque guitar) and, for guitarists, to learn about them.

Schedule & Class Details

Topics to be covered will include technique, baroque style, and basso continuo.

Faculty

Sylvain Bergeron

Scholarships

Application deadline is April 1, 2023.

2023 Study Programs and Scholarships

Questions?

Contact info@domaineforget.com

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