terrell stone is an american lutenist and recording artist he is a longtime resident of italy where he holds the position of a professor of lutehe began his musical studies in the united states dedicating himself to the study of the lute since 1974 beginning in 1978 he studied at the schola cantorum basiliensis in basel switzerland under eugene dombois and hopkinson smith and in paris france under frank eylerhe completed his lute studies at the italian state conservatory f e dallabaco in verona under the guidance of orlando cristoforettifor many years he has performed as a soloist and has participated in important music festivals in north and south america europe and the middle east he is also very active as a chamber musician performing basso continuo on the archlute and theorbostone has recorded for television radio and recording companies and has over thirty recordings to his credit his solo recordings include a compact disc of the solo music of johann paul schiffelholz misattributed to giuseppe antonio brescianello for gallichon a threecd box set containing partitas composed by silvius leopold weiss for baroque lute from the warsaw manuscript and a cd containing music of 16th century paduan lute composers recorded in the famous anatomical theater of the universit degli studi di padova university of paduaduring his over 25 years of residency in italy stone has taught lute at the conservatory santa cecilia in rome at the conservatory n piccini in bari and is professor of lute and president of the early music department at the conservatory a pedrollo in vicenzain addition to his performing recording and teaching activities stone has edited several modern editions of music for lute and hasconducted research and has written scholarly articles concerning silvius leopold weiss he has given seminars and master classes in the united states germany italy denmark and mexico and participated in the development of the macos9 computer program tastar de corde used for writing lute tablature and transcribing it to modern notation