Don't get me started on Early Music and Scotland! I could be at the typewriter all day, and in an ambulance before nightfall.
Why am I getting back to the lute? I need one for my new post. I have just become Musician In Residence to a University for 3,500 nurses!!! I have to get them singing and playing. There will be many groups, from medieval to free improv, including orchestra and choir. There is a Music Therapy Degree, for which the students must posses Grade 8 standard in their first instrument - which is quite high. I start in January. One of the groups will play historical music. I don't yet know who will join. So far we have a harp, a recorder, a keyboard player (electronic harpsichord and organ) and singers. I can use my vihuela for many things, but might also require a theorbo and/or 10c lute. Looking forward to it all. There is also a student drama group. They are putting on a performance of Ted Hughes' translations of ancient Greek plays - to be staged in Edinburgh Bottanical Gardens - for which I have been asked to create music for non-musician actors to perform...! I have my work cut out... Rob -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 18 December 2005 13:01 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: tuning Hi, I just done a search on the web and it seems as you say there is not a single baroque orchestra in Scotland. Why not, is the musical life of scotland so conservative ? Nice to see you want to return to the lute, why your sudden change of heart ? best wishes Mark -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
