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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
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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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Location:
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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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