I have a love of classical musical, especially from the Renaissance and Baroque periods, what is commonly referred to as "Early Music". Growing up, I played the classical guitar but for the past few years have been playing the lute family of instruments: baroque lute, renaissance lute, vihuela, archlute and baroque guitar. In July 2011 I released my first CD entitled Lautenschmaus (Lute Feast): Ascendance of the German Baroque Lute and in May 2014, released by second CD, Patrons of the Lute
Lautenschmaus CD: "...the result is a commendable album of many newly-heard works and excellent solid performances throughout which will delight the listener" - Review in Lute Society of America Quarterly, Volume XLVI Winter 2011
Concert performance: "a world premiere (of) Ronn McFarlane's Passacaglia, whose doleful beauty lutenist Shoskes shaped with graceful sensitivity - Donald Rosenberg, The Plain Dealer May 12, 2013
The Lute Society of America Great information and sponsors an annual summer seminar
The Lutes for Sale Site Start here if you are looking to buy a lute My YouTube Channel Videos of lute playing by me and some of my teachers (Bob Barto, Ronn McFarlane, Richard Stone)Apollo's Fire The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra
Early Music America Organization that supports early music and musicians. Check out the great perks of membership including online access to the Naxos early music collection and Grove Online
See the promotional video
Info and links about my first CD
Download and read the CD booklet (pdf format)
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Listen to clips and download the albums from CDBaby: