Mark Kausch

Email: mkausch@bethel.edu
Job Title
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Private Lesson Instructor in Double Bass
Music and Theatre, College of Arts and Sciences
Highlight
Kausch teaches private double bass lessons with research interest in historically-informed 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
- String Methods, double bass unit
Professional Organizations, Committees, and Boards
American String Teachers Association
MN String Teachers Association
Nominating Committee, Early Music America
Board Member, Minneapolis Pops Orchestra
Viola da Gamba Society of America
U.K. Viola da Gamba Society
Hobbies and Interests
Historic homes of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Historically-informed performance
Areas of expertise
Double bass, viola da gama, historical performance
Research interests
Elizabethan and Jacobean Consort Music