Lesson Details
Aage teaches
About
- Teaches students:
- Ages 10+ and special needs
- Teaching since:
- March 1986
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 Holland (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 and Darkwood Consort. 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.
Experience
Voice (baritone) and douçaine
Apr 2015 - PresentMedieval and Renaissance vocal and instrumental group
Douçaine, Recorder, & Shawm
Jan 2015 - PresentEarly music quartet performs medieval and Renaissance music on replica period winds and strings, most of which were crafted by two of the group members (not Aage). Workshops, residencies, and performances available.
Douçaine
Jun 2011 - Dec 2014Assisted 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.
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Mar 1992 - Jul 2011Founder, director, performer. Duties included fund raising, programming, and publicity, for collaborative concert series. Performed on bass clarinet and douçaine in the core duo, which toured internationally and recorded for Rampur Records.
Adjunct Professor of Music
Sep 2002 - Jun 2011Taught private lessons (clarinet, bass clarinet) and chamber music.
Adjunct Professor of Music
Sep 2008 - May 2011Taught private lessons (clarinet, bass clarinet), chamber music, Woodwind Methods, pedagogy.
Bass Clarinet
May 1988 - May 2011Education
M.A. Interdisciplinary Studies
Sep 2008 - May 2010B.A. Applied Music
Jan 1986 - May 1991Languages
Danish
Dutch
English
French
Affiliations
Early Music America
Jan 2001Early 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.
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3 Reviews
Write a ReviewIt was an excellent lesson.
4th Lessons, I love it and made tremendous progress.
I loved lessons with Aage, his spunky attitude and constant encouragement is second to none. Learning with Aage, I didn't realize how much he really offered until I became a teacher myself. He was able to foster my love of music while still giving me the skills I needed to win the Idaho State Solo Championship in 2007. I was also exposed to music written long before the clarinet was created and with his encouragement, participated in numerous honor groups and music related community service.
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