I second all the recommendations that Dana made. First, join the Lute Society of Amercia. Also look for a recorder society or viol society in your area. I attended a local recorder society meeting last weekend to see if there might be some mixed ensembles to join. I had a great afternoon playing trios and quartets and met two recorder players who meet each week to read music in clefs and early notation. They kindly invited me to join them. I read tenor clef on the cello, and used to read alto pretty well on the lute. It will be great to get experience reading these and many of the other clefs on the lute - it opens up a vast range of ensemble music. (For the importance of this, read the interview with Paul O'Dette in the last American Lute Society Journal).
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