Jill and Lorenzo Muti founded Spoleto Study Abroad in 1997 and have served as its co-directors since then. Lorenzo is a native of Spoleto, and as a celebrated maestro, has conducted orchestras from Rome to London to Washington, not to mention for both the Italian and American Spoleto Festivals. But Lorenzo has even more talents: he is an expert in music history and opera, and taught for over fifteen years at Duke University.

We are honored to have Lorenzo to lead and teach our students every summer in Spoleto. Over the past several years, Lorenzo has been passing his knowledge onto his nephew, Andrea, who is also from Spoleto! So, students who attend our intensive programs have the unique opportunity to not only learn Italian music and art history from an expert, but also to learn about the beautiful city of Spoleto from two native Spoletini. This local expertise and connection through generations is one of the many things that makes Spoleto Study Abroad so unique from other summer abroad programs!