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Saxophone with Aage N.

Portland, Oregon

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Teaches online
Teaches all skill levels
Age: 10+
Speaks English, Danish, French, Dutch,
Teaching since 1986
M.A. Interdisciplinary Studies

    Take on the jazzy and soulful beats of saxophone with a veteran who has been teaching for 30 years

    I have been teaching saxophone for nearly thirty years, and offer a different approach to the instrument. While building strong technique and tone in your band and solo music, we will explore how the saxophone is used in music from around the world, including traditions that pre-date the saxophone itself by many centuries! While learning the basics of music theory, I also encourage playing by ear, and unleashing curiosity and creativity.

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    NE Irving St. #
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    Teaching Hours

    Monday
    3:45 PM-7 PM
    Tuesday
    4 PM-6:30 PM
    Wednesday
    4 PM-7 PM
    Thursday
    4 PM-6:30 PM
    Friday
    10 AM-11:15 AM
    3:30 PM-5 PM
    Saturday
    10:15 AM-11:30 AM
    Times are shown in your local timezone (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
    Pricing
    60 minutes
    $65

    About Aage N.

    5.0
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    Currently based in Portland, Oregon, Oregon native Aage (pronounced like Owen without N) has been teaching woodwinds to students of all ages for thirty years. He has performed throughout the US and Denmark, as well as Iceland (International Viola Congress) and the Netherlands (World Bass Clarinet Conference). He taught for many years at The College of Idaho and Northwest Nazarene University, and performed for over twenty years with the Boise Philharmonic. He is the co-director and bass clarinetist with the chamber group Darkwood Consort, which he founded in 1992. He has released three CDs on Portland-based Rampur Records, received a 2007 Performing Arts Fellowship from the Idaho Commission on the Arts, and is the leading scholar and performer of the douçaine (early oboe). He teaches both modern and historical winds, with the unique twist of encouraging students of both modern instruments such as clarinet or saxophone, and early instruments such as recorder and double-reeds, to engage in everything from medieval and traditional music to jazz and classical. Aage enjoys teaching students of all ages, from beginning to college level, including homeschoolers and adult beginners, and loves working with retirees.
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    10 Reviews
    michael
    Online
    Really informative and I learnt a great deal within a short space of time
    Posted Feb 18, 2024
    Jenni
    Teacher's studio
    He was very helpful, and gave me time to respond
    Posted Sep 27, 2023
    Michelle
    Teacher's studio
    Aage is the type of teacher we were looking for when our son's school eliminated their band program. We needed someone who could provide structure but who was also patient. Aage is helping our son build his fundamental skills and providing him a path for continuous improvement and learning.
    Posted Sep 15, 2023

    Experience

    Douçaine

    Sep, 2018 - Present

    Triplum

    Medieval music on period instruments.

    English Missal Editor

    Aug, 2017 - Present

    OCP (Oregon Catholic Press)

    Tenor voice, bass clarinet, douçaine, English horn

    Apr, 2015 - Present

    Big Mouth Society

    Medieval, Renaissance, & modern vocal and instrumental group

    Douçaine, English horn, and co-director

    Jan, 2012 - Dec, 2019

    Ensemble Aalto

    Historical and new music for douçaine or English horn and organ.

    Douçaine

    Jun, 2011 - Dec, 2014

    Mount Angel Abbey/Ensemble Aalto

    Assisted in liturgical music at the abbey on douçaine and voice (as cantor), provided resident ensemble concerts in the abbey/seminary library auditorium, taught private lessons to seminarians, and taught monastic history and public reading to the novices.

    Adjunct Professor of Music

    Sep, 2008 - May, 2011

    Northwest Nazarene University

    Taught private lessons (clarinet, bass clarinet), chamber music, Woodwind Methods, pedagogy.

    Adjunct Professor of Music

    Sep, 2002 - Jun, 2011

    The College of Idaho

    Taught private lessons (clarinet, bass clarinet) and chamber music.

    Bass Clarinet/Co-director

    Mar, 1992 - Present

    Darkwood Consort

    Bass Clarinet & Viola duo with Jennifer Drake Collaborative ensemble with other musicians, as well as dance and theater companies. Performance highlights include: the first World Bass Clarinet Conference in the Netherlands, 2005 XXXIII Viola Congress in Reykjavik, Iceland, 2005 Performances in Denmark, and throughout the United States. Represented Denmark twice for the Mostly Nordic Chamber Music Series in Seattle, Washington.

    Bass Clarinet

    May, 1988 - May, 2011

    Boise Philharmonic

    Education

    B.A. Applied Music

    Jan, 1986 - May, 1991

    Northwest Nazarene University

    M.A. Interdisciplinary Studies

    Sep, 2008 - May, 2010

    Boise State University

    Affiliations

    Early Music America

    Jan, 2001

    Early Music America (EMA) is a not-for-profit service organization for the field of historical performance in North America. Founded in 1985, EMA's goal is to expand awareness of, and interest in, the music of the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical periods. EMA's members receive a quarterly magazine, monthly e-newsletter, and benefits including access to reduced-rate insurance, discounts on publications, concerts, and festivals, and eligibility for grants, awards and scholarships. With its broad membership, including professional performers, ensembles, presenters, instrument makers, amateur musicians, and audience members, Early Music America serves as an advocate for the field throughout the continent.

    International Clarinet Association

    Aug, 2019

    The International Clarinet Association is a community of clarinetists and clarinet enthusiasts that supports projects that will benefit clarinet performance; provides opportunities for the exchange of ideas, materials, and information among its members; fosters the composition, publication, recording, and distribution of music for the clarinet; encourages the research and manufacture of a more definitive clarinet; avoids commercialism in any form while encouraging communication and cooperation among clarinetists and the music industry; and encourages and promotes the performance and teaching of a wide variety of repertoire for the clarinet.

    International Double Reed Society

    Jan, 2015

    The International Double Reed Society (IDRS) was established in December of 1971 and is a world-wide organization of double reed (oboe and bassoon family) players, instrument manufacturers and enthusiasts. The society has over 4,400 members from 56 countries. Within the United States, 50 states as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico are represented.

    Languages

    Spanish

    Limited Proficiency

    English

    Native Proficiency

    Danish

    Professional Proficiency

    French

    Limited Proficiency

    Dutch

    Professional Proficiency

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