Mark Kausch

Job title

• Private Lesson Instructor in Double Bass
  Music and Theatre, College of Arts and Sciences

Highlight

Double Bass Performance, Viola Da Gama, Historical Performance

Started at Bethel

2000

Education

• St. Olaf College - B.A. in Music, 1984
• The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University - M.M. , 1986

Biography

Mark Kausch is a graduate of St. Olaf College and the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University.  Mark teaches viola da gamba, cello and double bass from his home in Minneapolis, MN and at Hamline, Augsburg, Normandale Community College, and Bethel University where his work includes a weekly viola da gamba consort reading session.  His previous work at the College of Saint Benedict-Saint John’s University included serving as founding director for the CSB-SJU Consort of Viols.

He has performed on double bass, violone, and viola da gamba with ensembles including the Hanover Band of London, the Smithsonian Chamber Orchestra, the Philadelphia Bach Society and the Grande Bande of New York.  In the Twin Cities he has performed with the National Lutheran Choir, Lyra Baroque Orchestra, the Rose Ensemble, the Minnesota Opera and Vocal Essence, among many others.

Mark divides his professional time between teaching and performing and work as a public media content strategist. As a member of Public Radio International’s (“PRI”) content development and strategy team for nearly three decades, his work included the launch of programs such as Schickele Mix, From the Top, and American Public Media’s classical music service known as Classical 24. In addition to his double bass performance and teaching endeavors, he now serves as a strategic advisor to the weekly environmental radio program and podcast Living on Earth and the weekly music program Sound Opinions.

Courses taught

Private Double Bass Lessons, Double Bass Unit of String Methods

Professional organizations, committees, and boards

American String Teachers Association

Minnesota String and Orchestra Teacher's Association

The National Association for Music Education

Viola da Gamba Society of America

Hobbies and interests

Historic homes of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Historically-informed performance

Areas of expertise

Double Bass Performance, Viola Da Gama, Historical Performance

Research interests

Elizabethan and Jacobean Consort Music