Eric Phillips Interesting idea! It's a challenge just to name a few teacher-student pairs. Here's a few more to add to your list: Giuliani-Horetzky; Horetzky-Szczepanowski; Giuliani-Bobrowicz; Pelzer-Pratten (father/daughter); Aguado-Cano; Cano-Tarrega (possibly); Tarrega-Prat; Llobet-Prat; Prat-Anido. For baroque guitar, Corbetta-Granata and Corbetta-Medard. For lute, Vincenzo Galilei-Michelagnolo Galilei (father/son); Rene Mesangeau-Ennemond Gaultier; Charles Mouton-Rene Milleran; Charles Mouton-P.F. Le Sage de Richee; S.L Weiss-E.G. Baron.

Eric Phillips Some more:

Bach / Buxtehude (teacher), Bach and everybody else (students)

Eric Phillips I really like the "Expand Your Horizon" concept - though not without some trepidation, knowing my propensity to constantly get in over my head.

Eric Phillips Yep, those are the pieces I love!😁

Jack Stewart And yet a couple more: Segovia-John Williams (the latter has been composing in recent years); Gary Ryan-Laura Snowdon.

martin I very much enjoyed watching the watch party. Everyone really played beautifully. Sorry I couldn’t attend live.

For the next challenge I’d like to suggest a Renaissance challenge. It’s Dowland’s 400 year anniversary this year so I think it would be appropriate! 😄

Debbie I'm all for a 'Dowland' challenge if there's enough interest in the community. About half of Dowland's solo pieces were composed for six course lute, so they work well on modern guitar, without any changes needed. Also, although much of his work is technically challenging, a surprising number of pieces are well within the reach of amateurs.

Debbie Seeing your post, I realize that I meant to answer your earlier comment about Elizabeth Pallett. I have been following her work for a few years now, and I'm certainly enjoying her Dowland anniversary series! The Japanese lutenist Ryosuke Sakamoto has also been presenting a lot of Dowland on his YouTube channel.

David Krupka Debbie martin Eric Phillips I'm also in for a "Dowland Challenge".  I think Mr. Dowland has been neglected long enough🙂.  Perfect for his anniversary.

Eric Phillips Two more pairs: Aguado-Broca and Broca-Ferrer.

David Krupka I typically tune my g strings to an f# and use a capo but I agree with you that nothing necessarily needs to be changed. I’m glad you like the idea 😁

David that’s great! I love her and Evangelina Mascardi, and others. I don’t know the Ryosuke so I’ll check him out. Thanks for the recommendation.

Debbie Yes, I should have mentioned the 'renaissance' tuning. That is generally necessary. As for the capo, I think it's a matter of choice. Lutes came in different sizes tuned at different pitches (everything from 'D' to 'A'). Dowland seems to have had a preference for large instruments, so playing his music without a capo is probably justified. (Of course, in his music, that means a lot of left hand stretches - not something I particularly enjoy!)

David Krupka big stretches, as you know are not for me either! Learning to play the lute was one of the things that I was attempting when my hand finally fell apart. I eventually had to give it up and sell my lute. It was very disappointing. I was taking lessons with Liz Pallett. She’s a great teacher. That’s also when I decided to play without nails. 

Debbie I especially like Evangelina! She's among the absolute best in the field, in my opinion. Ryosuke is (I believe) just embarking on a career in music - his videos are not nearly as polished as those of those the two 'E's. But he's a very solid performer. And he's very energetic - I have the impression that he's aiming to record the entire Dowland solo catalogue (about a hundred pieces) before the year's end. Quite a feat, if he manages it!

Debbie I'm sorry to hear that you had to give up on the lute. I'm finally getting around to playing mine again, after having spent a number of years exclusively with the guitar. (I needed to rehabilitate my weak left (fretting) hand, and the ergonomics of the guitar (and particularly the higher string tension, which helps to stabilize the fingers) make it much easier to play than the lute.) 

David Krupka that’s exactly the reason why I had to let it go. The guitar is much easier to play and even that is a challenge for my hand. I do entertain the idea of trying a baroque guitar. Have you played one? If so, where does it sit in fretting difficulty between the lute and guitar?

Debbie I haven't played the baroque guitar, but I have played the renaissance guitar. In fact, I purchased it thinking, because it is so small (not much bigger than a baritone ukulele) it would be easy to play. But I discovered that it's small size makes it rather difficult to hold securely. I use a strap, but it's still less stable than holding an instrument in the lap. (I place both lute and modern guitar over my right leg, 'folky-style' more or less.) And because the neck is so small, I have had great difficulty stabilizing my left hand on it. I've not been playing it for some time, but I should try again, as my left hand has improved a lot over the last couple of years. Vihuela might be another instrument to consider. They're very much like a guitar, but with courses rather than single strings. Mine is quite easy to play - and I would in fact be playing it these days if it didn't need a bit of a tune-up😪. I hope to get to that this summer.