Crawford Young, well-known Renaissance and medieval lutenist, who teaches at the Schola Cantorum in Basel, Switzerland, as well as other venues all over the world, will be in the Bay Area staying at the home of Mike Peterson during the month of March. He would like to meet lute players here in our area. Crawford is probably best known to Bay Area audiences for his work with Laurie Monahan, Michael Collver, Shira Kammen, and John Fleagle in the legendary Ensemble PAN (Project Ars Nova).
Crawford will be available for private lessons on the Renaissance and medieval lute as well as any other lute-like instruments. He also would like to work with ensembles. Lessons will cost $75 per hour, but he feels that anyone who is asking for a lesson would benefit greatly from a series of lessons, say one weekly for 3 or 4 weeks. In that vein, he suggests $200 for three 1-hour lessons. Anything beyond that would be $50 an hour. Ensembles of two or more people can get coaching at $100 for a 60–75 min session. This is a great opportunity for lessons with a well-known professional, even a month of intense study. Please contact Mike ([email protected]) to discuss and arrange lessons or coaching.
If you would like to meet Crawford, Mike Peterson will host an open house at his home in Pleasanton on Saturday, March 7, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Please RSVP by email for the address and directions. Mike is looking for a venue for Crawford to perform a house concert, as his Pleasanton home is too small for adequate seating. Anyone willing to host a house concert, please contact Mike, who also would welcome suggestions for other musical activities during Crawford’s stay here.
