Per all the discussion about playing from memory, I want to mention and highly recommend to anyone in New York City to try to get to the following concert of Matthew Wadsworth, who is both blind and plays programs and vast amounts of repertoire from memory. There is a possibility, too, that he might be teaching a class on the art of playing from memory at the LSA Lute Festival 2006.
For the sight impaired lutenists, Matthew has developed a Braille software tablature program. April 13, solo program of Kapsberger free concert at 1:15PM St. Francis of Assisi Church 135 West 31st Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues) http://www.midtownconcerts.org/MidTownIndex.html and then on April 15: Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, New York: solo concert in the Patrons' Lounge - extracts from "14 Silver Strings" - with David McGuinness (harpsichord) http://www.matthewwadsworth.com/diary.htm - Kenneth Be -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
