EDWARD MARTIN PERFORMS SCOTTISH AND CELTIC MUSIC ON LUTE AND MANDORA DURING FREE APRIL 21 CONCERT AT THE COLLEGE OF ST. SCHOLASTICA

Release Date: 04/05/07

Edward Martin, adjunct instructor of lute at The College of St. Scholastica, will present a faculty recital at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 21, in the third-floor Music Hall in Tower Hall on the St. Scholastica campus.

The concert is free and open to the public. For more information call (218) 723-6182. The program will feature solo works for the Scottish mandora and the German baroque lute. The mandora, a rarely heard instrument developed in 13th century France, has five strings and resembles a lute.

Martin will play Scottish and Celtic pieces on a mandora recently constructed by Daniel Larson, a master instrument-maker based in Duluth. Larson's design for this mandora was based on a 16th century model - a type used by French musicians entertaining in the Scottish court.

The program will also contain works by Count Losy and David Kellner.

Johann Anton Losy von Losinthal (1650-1720), son of a wealthy businessman, resided in a palace in Prague where he received the title of "Count." He enjoyed considerable fame for his lute playing and compositions for the French baroque lute.

David Kellner (1670-1748) spent his creative life in Germany and Stockholm as organist and bell ringer. He left only two works; one a musical theory book and the other a collection of 17 pieces for the German baroque lute. His style is bold and his works resemble those of J.S. Bach.

The College of St. Scholastica is regularly recognized as one of the finest colleges in the Midwest. The 2007 "America's Best Colleges" survey by U.S. News & World Report magazine ranks St. Scholastica in the top tier of Midwestern universities. The Washington Post has rated St. Scholastica as one of the nation's 100 "hidden gems" among U.S. colleges and universities.