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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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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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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