Betsy Small, Guitar

Betsy Small taught herself folk guitar as a teenager and began classical guitar/lute lessons with John Marlow in 1972. From 1978-1997 she directed and performed as lutenist with the Washington Camerata Early Music Ensemble, and in 1992 became the founding director of the Story Minstrels, who perform original Renaissance musical folktales for school audiences. Having earned a degree in Creative Writing from Carnegie-Mellon University, Ms. Small is author of the musical, “Crystal's Journey” and other plays. She also creates musical stories, which she performs with her husband, pianist/composer Haskell Small, and writes for and guest-edits the Lute Society of America Quarterly. She enthusiastically sings alto with the Collegium Cantorum chamber choir.