The Lute Society, now over 50 years old, exists to promote the lute and its music. Members get a new member's pack of 100 pages of lute music, a quarterly magazine, Lute News, with music supplement, an annual journal, The Lute, discounts on our growing range of publications and other benefits. Even if you can't make it to our meetings, playing days, and residential weekends in Britain, joining is an excellent way of building up your music library, and keeping in touch with other lute players, and with news in the lute world.
Benslow Lutefest Friday 30 Mar–Sunday 1 April 2012 with Bill Carter, Liz Kenny, Stewart McCoy, Jeni Melia, and Sarah Groser. The Benslow LuteFest, gives lutenists of all standards the opportunity to explore the treasures of the lute and lute-in-ensemble repertoire. We also welcome singers, renaissance flautists, recorder players and viols to help with lute songs, broken consorts and four-voice ayres with lutes. There will be ensemble and solo work, with some individual teaching offered where appropriate and possible. Needless to say we also hope for some ad hoc late night madrigal singing in the bar. Resident £225 Non Resident £175 Code: 12/229
Benslow Music Trust, Ibberson Way, Hitchin, Herts. SG4 9RB
Tel: 01462 459446 Fax: 01462 440171 www.benslowmusic.org
Vicenza lute weekend 14-16 April, jointly organised with Societa di Liuto, a once-in-a-lifetime chance to play in a lute band in the stunning setting of the Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza, www.teatrolimpicovicenza.it/ please contact the Secretary if you would like to attend.
Leiden lute weeked 12-13 May with Paul O'Dette, joint meeting with Dutch and Belgian lute societies, contact the Secretary if you would like to attend.
