>This is a real problem, and not a simple one. I'm not the expert >here, obviously, and never will be, but I have some indirect experience.
On the one hand, the lute model is the opposite of the viol model. Many women play the viol, and the organization of the societies for viol encourages that. The lute has failed miserably in this respect. On the other hand, I have received numerous complaints from women who went to lute workshops about the way they were treated. The most typical complaint is having four guys follow a female lute player around on breaks, being treated differently for no apparent reason other than gender, for example, being asked to play lute duets in preference to more experienced players, and so on. I have had people tell me they would not come back, nor go to ANY workshop as a result of their experiences. Of course, some of this goes on at any workshop. I don't really have a solution, except that the viols do this better, maybe we can learn from them. Part of it may be the emphasis on part music. Most of it must be a comfort level. dt > >--=======AVGMAIL-570E506D======= > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > Of the last 100 individuals to post to this list, 95 were men. Is this > > representative of the wider lute world? Any ideas why? > > > > Peter > > > > -- > > > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at > >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >--=======AVGMAIL-570E506D======= > >Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > > boundary="=======AVGMAIL-690D73E9=======" > > > >--=======AVGMAIL-690D73E9======= > >Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg=cert; charset=us-ascii > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >Content-Disposition: inline > >Content-Description: "AVG certification" > > > > > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > >Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.89/2360 - Release Date: > 09/10/09 1= > >1:29:00 > > > >--=======AVGMAIL-690D73E9=======-- > >--=======AVGMAIL-570E506D=======-- > > > >Edward Martin >2817 East 2nd Street >Duluth, Minnesota 55812 >e-mail: [email protected] >voice: (218) 728-1202 >http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1660298871&ref=name >http://www.myspace.com/edslute
