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Curriculum Vitae
Date of birth: 1942
Perse School, Cambridge: 1953-1960
ExhibitionsAldeburgh Festival, The Maltings, Snape: 1975 Federation of British Craft Societies, British Craft Centre: 1975 Suffolk Craft Society, The Maltings, Snape: 1976 Norfolk Craftsmen, Oates Wine Bar, Norwich: 1976 Suffolk Craft Society, The Maltings, Snape: 1977 The Castle Museum, Norwich, “Crafts '77”: 1977 The Arts Centre, Lowestoft, Jointly with Barbara Keay, Don Rout & Guy Richardson 1978 The Fermoy Centre, King's Lynn, “Craftsmen in Action” [One Man Show] 1978 The Castle Museum, Norwich, “Artist at Work” [One Man Show] 1981 Northern Arts, “A Wood Exhibition”, National Touring Exhibition: 1981 Norwich Triennial Festival, Strangers' Hall, Norwich, “Music & Wood” 1982 Norfolk Makers, University of East Anglia Library, Norwich: 1984 Peterborough Cathedral, “Craftsman in Residence” [One Man Show] 1985 Suffolk College, Ipswich, “Working in Crafts” 1985 The Castle Museum,Norwich, “Crafts '86”: 1986 Crafts Council Open Exhibition “Musical Instruments” 1986 Norfolk & Norwich Festival, King of Hearts, “Exhib. of Early Musical Instruments” 1992 Norfolk & Norwich Festival, King of Hearts, “Exhib. of Early Musical Instruments” 1994 Midsummer Art Show, Milton Keynes, “95” 1995 King of Hearts arts centre, Norwich “Wood” 2007
Positions HeldPresident, Exeter Hall, University of Exeter. 1965 Racing Captain, Exeter University Sailing Club. 1963-1965 Joint Editor, “Daedalus”, Exeter University Literary Magazine. 1962-1965 President, Exeter University Literary Society. 1965 Secretary, Norfolk Contemporary Crafts Society, 1983-1986 Chairman, Norfolk Contemporary Crafts Society. 1986-1989 Director, Norwich Arts Centre. 1979-1995 Chairman, Norwich Arts Centre. 1986-1987 Member, Crafts Sub-Committee of Eastern Arts Association. 1986-1989 Trustee, King of Hearts,[Arts Centre] 1989-1992 Governor, Norfolk Institute of Art & Design. 1990-1992 Member, Music Advisory Panel, Norwich Arts Centre. 1980-1995 Member, Music Advisory Panel, King of Hearts. 1990-1992 Member, The Lute Society Committee. 1989-1993 Website editor, Spiked magazine for the Arts. 1999- Member, The Lute Society Committee. 2000-4 Member, The Lute Society Committee. 2007-
Completed a large commission from the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn for a series of twenty different lutes showing the history of the lute from the thirteenth to the eighteenth centuries.
PublicationsA Geometrical Construction of a Lute Profile, Lute Society Journal, 1973 Dürer's "Angel with Lute", Lute Society Journal, 1976 Gut Strings and Angled Bridges, The Lute, 1985 The English Theorbo Reconsidered, FoMRHI quarterly, Bulletin 78, 1995 The Care of your Lute, Lute Society Booklet No. 6, 1998 The Construction of the Lute, Entry in New Grove Dictionary of Music, 2000 The History of the Lute, Entry in New Grove Dictionary of Music, 2000 Essay on Lanier portrait, Lute News, May 2010
Reviews Etc.Easterners, Stephen Cooney, East Anglian Times, 1976 Early Musical Instrument Making in Britian, Eileen Lewenstein, Canada Crafts, 1979 Review of "A Wood Exhibition", Peter Fuller, Crafts, 1981 Sound Craftsmanship, Ben Bacon, Fine Woodworking, 1986 Cool Hand Lute, John Freeman, Landscape, 1988 Instrument makers in Norfolk, Francis Cheetham, Eastern Daily Press, 1991 Music to a Craftsman's Ears, Nicole Swengley, The Times, Nov 14, 1992 Reviving Age-old Music, Maura Griffin, The Prague Post, Sept 1, 1992 Shortform Notice, Margot Coatts, Crafts, July, 1994 Profile, David Mc Connell, American Lute Society Journal, 1994 The Lutemaker, interview by Thea Abbott, Spiked, Sept. 1998 Want to know a Secret? David Malkin, Lynn News, July 2006 Feature interview, Matthew Sparkes, Eastern Daily Press, January 2010 Feature interview, Matthew Sparkes, The Advertiser, February 2010 Feature article, Rowan Mantel, Eastern Daily Press. August 11th 2011
BroadcastsInterviewed by John Amis, BBC World Service, 1986 Wood Guts and Brass, interviewed by Michael Oliver, BBC World Service, Nov 1994
Research & Lute Measurement In The Instrument Collections Of:Victoria & Albert Museum, London Royal College of Music, London Horniman Museum, London University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg Royal Conservatoire Museum, Brussels Musikhistorisk Museum, Copenhagen Conservatoire National Museum, Paris Gemeentemuseum, The Hague Musikinstrumenten Museum, Leipzig Narodni Museum, Prague Musikinstrumenten Museum, Berlin Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Stadtmuseum, Munich Deutschesmuseum, Munich Stadtmuseum, Füssen Stadtmuseum, Frankfurt St Catherine's, Brescia Nydahl Collection, Stockholm
Talks And LecturesThe history and development of the 12 course lute, Lute Society, London An introduction to the renaissance lute, Friends of the Norfolk Museums, 1983 Gut strings and angled bridges, Lute Society, London, 1984 Building an archlute, NCCS, Norwich, 1990 Building an archlute, Czech Lute Soc, Prague, Aug. 1992 The development of the medieval lute, Lute Society, London 1993 Building an archlute, Lute Society, London, Jan. 1995 The history and construction of the lute, National Trust, Norwich, Mar. 1995 The history of the lute in Europe, Midsummer Art, Milton Keynes, July. 1995 The development of the medieval lute, West Dean College, Mar. 1996 The 'lute dyphone' dissected, Lute Society, London, Sep. 1996 The development of the medieval lute, West Dean College, Oct. 1997 Building an archlute, Spode Music Week, Hengrave Hall, Aug. 1998 The Lute Player by Caravaggio? an Analysis, Lute Society, London, Nov. 1998 Arnault of Zwolle, a conjecture, Lute Society, London, Sept 2003 Thomas Mace and the 12 course lute, Lautengesellschaft Festival, Füssen, May 2005 Making a baroque lute, Lautengesellschaft Festival, Füssen, May 2005 From Plank to Pluck, how I make a lute. King’s Lynn Festival 22 July 2006 Lutemaking as art, history and business, talk to Norwich Rotary Club, April 2010 Moises Tiefembruker, an illustrated lecture, Lautengesellschaft Symposium, Füssen, 23 May 2010 |
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