Practice Research Prize for Sara Salloum

The panel commented that her thesis, ‘Female lute accomplishment and performance practices in early seventeenth-century England,’ was a 'rich and insightful work which drew on detailed performance-based practice research and recognised its potential for wider impact through further dissemination in the future. The research findings were original and engaging – of particular interest is the experiential work on how the clothes worn by female lute players shaped movement and influenced performance choices.'