Thomas Walker, Jr started classical guitar lessons at age 10. Not long thereafter he became interested in the 12-string guitar stylings of Leo Kottke and spent much of the next decade playing and composing in that style. Realizing that Leo was and is sui generis, he returned to classical music in college, studying both classical guitar and music theory. Theory classes provided his first introduction to the earlier musical vocabulary of counterpoint. After college, he studied jazz guitar independently, but was increasingly captivated by early music, particularly polyphony. He bought his first lute in 1992 and began studies with Phillip Rukavina not long thereafter. Since then Thomas has performed with Phillip, Ensemble Polaris, Consortium Carissimi, the Rose Ensemble, and the Venere Lute Quartet, as well as with lutenists Paul Berget and Edward Martin. Thomas served a term as treasurer for the Lyra Baroque from 2003-2006, and currently serves as treasurer for the Lute Society of America. In regular hours he works as a consulting economist for small, privately-held companies.

La Superbe Stile Moderno, Stile Antico

Tagged as: Classical, Baroque, Instrumental, Composer: Esaias Reusner, Composer: Francois Dufault, Lute.

1. Streicher Trio: classical chamber music on period instruments
2. Colin Booth: solo harpsichord music
3. La Reverie: Recreating traditional music from a modern perspective
4. Paul Berget: renaissance lute, modernized.
5. James Edwards: baroque guitar music
6. Dufay Collective: instrumental and vocal music from the Middle Ages and Reniassance
7. In Nova Cantica: carols and chansons from the 13th - 17th Centuries for dancing, festivities and mayhem
8. Ensemble Mirable: rare and extraordinary music of the Baroque
9. Craig Hanson: exquisitely moving Baroque organ music
10. American Baroque: Spectacular Baroque and Classical chamber music
11. Alison Crum and Roy Marks: Ethereal, enigmatic and exhilarating renaissance miniature masterpieces for viol and lute
12. Federico Moscogiuri: Original and evocative lute music
13. Edward Martin: vihuela, renaissance and baroque lute
14. Daniel Shoskes: A feast of Baroque lute
15. Vito Paternoster: cellist extraordinaire
16. Paul Beier: solo lute of the Italian renaissance.
17. Jacob Heringman: renaissance lute
18. Ensemble Libro Primo: A fantastic classical violin and lute duo interpreting Baroque composers
19. Alex McCartney: Reflective, historically-informed performance on the lute
20. Daniel Estrem: colorful classical guitar