Dr Eric Thomas
Eric Thomas is an Edinburgh based lutenist, musicologist, and guitar teacher. He has recently earned his doctorate on the interaction between lute tablatures and their surrounding written and oral cultures in early sixteenth-century Italy, and is looking forward to starting as a research fellow at the centre of historical reconstruction at the University of Edinburgh.
He has performed with leading ensembles including the Dunedin Consort, Concerto Caledonia, and the RSNO and is the founder of the Spinacino Consort; an early music ensemble dedicated to reimagining the music of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in passionate and engaging performances. A Continuo Foundation emerging artist ensemble, they have toured Scotland, and performed through the UK including at the York Early Music Centre, and the Wigmore Hall.
When not playing or researching music from hundreds of years ago he enjoys reading, photography, and most of all teaching guitar!
Some fun facts about Eric
- Favourite animal – Tortoise (slow and steady wins the race)
- Favourite sweet – Chocolate chip shortbread (handily available in the PMS café every Saturday!)
- Favourite Place – Rijksmuseum (wandering around spotting all the paintings with lutes in them)
