Resume

Lars Haake
Brooklyn, New York
Phone: 347-276-1618
Web: www.larshaake.com, email: larsio72@hotmail.com
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Experience:

Education:

• Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA, Bachelor of Music, dual major: Performance and Film Scoring, magna cum laude, December 2001
• Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany, Master of Arts, political science, modern history and law of the social insurance, February 1998

Teaching:

• Private and Group10- Instructor at the UN International School UNIS, NYC, 2010-current
• Substitute Group Instructor for Katja Endemann at the New York Pops Saltute to Music Program, NYC 2005-2009
• Substitute piano Group Instructor for Matthias Bublath at George Jackson Academy, NYC, 2005
• Castellano’s House of Music, Staten Island, NY, 2004-2007, Woodwind Instructor, Saxophone, Flute, Music Theory and Ear Training,
• Private Instructor, Woodwinds, Music Theory, Solfege, Ear Training 1992-current
• Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA, Private Instructor for Saxophone within in the System V program for students from socially disadvantaged families, preparations for college level, 2000-2001
• Boston Arts Academy, pilot school, Private Instructor for Saxophone in cooperation with the Berklee College of Music System V program, 1999-2000

Arranging:

• Arrangement for vocalist Tine Bruhn performed at the Jazz Standard, NYC, for the Royal Highness, the Crown Prince of Denmark, 2005
• Horn Arrangement for the main title of the German feature film “Christine” starring Esther Schweintz, 1995

Management and Organization

• Curator of the "World of Jazz" concert series at the Chelsea Art Museum for three consecutive years, 2008-2010
• Music Supervisor for bands and sound system for the Credit Suisse "Art and Entrepreneurship" event, 2008

Selected Performances:

• Performance as a side artist with several groups at Zinc Bar, NYC, B.B. King’s Blues Club, NYC, Lion’s Den, NYC, Kavehaz, NYC, Kenny’s Castaways, NYC, Baggot Inn, NYC, Bitter End, NYC, the Cutting Room, NYC
• Performance as leader at C-Note, NYC, Rose, Brooklyn, NY, Louis649, NYC, Groove, NYC, Jazzclub Frankfurt/Germany, Jazzclub Unterfahrt, Munich, Germany, Bateau 68, Paris/France
• Performance with Kenwood Dennard original drummer for Miles Davis, Sting, Jaco Pastorius and Maceo Parker and Hiram Bullock guitarist for Herbie Hancock and David Sanborn at Zinc Bar, NYC, 2006
• Performance as leader for the NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign, 2004
• Performance live on “TV Munich”, Germany, with the rock group Baal, 1996
• Soloist on the live radio show “Morgen Magazin” by Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Köln, Germany, with the Big Band of the Paderborn Music Conservatory, 1992

Honors:

• Berklee College of Music Certificate of Appreciation by the Public Service through Music Club, 2000
• Berklee College of Music Achievement Award, 1999
• Berklee College of Music Recognition of Outstanding Musicianship, 1995
• Berklee College of Music World Scholarship Award, 1994

Recordings:

• As leader: Lars Haake Quartet: Organism Featuring James Genus (to be released 2006)
Lars Haake Quartett Seeon Sessions (2002)
Lars Haake/Stephan Fuchs: Lala Means I Love You (2000)
• As a side artist: Ursuesse (2005)
EKB: Fishbowl (2004)
King Britt: The Philadelphia Experiment Remixed (2002)
Tine Bruhn Group: Love Dance (2003)
Kabarett Inflagranti: Naturtrueb (2002(
Meredith Levande: Half Her (2002)
Baal: Lemon (1995)

Musical Training:

• Master Classes and Clinics: Branford Marsalis, Nicholas Payton, Michael Brecker, Joe Lovano, Bill Frisell, Paul Motian, Vincent Herring, Wayne Darling
• Private Instruction: Kenny Garrett, Vincent Herring, Bill Evans, Richie Beirach, Hal Crook, Bill Pierce, George Garzone, Jim Odgren, Tony Lakatos

Skills:

• Languages: fluent in English, German, French

References:

• Jim Odgren, Assistant to the Dean of the Performance Division at Berklee College of Music, jodgren@berklee.edu
• John Castellano, Castellano’s House of Music, Staten Island, NY, current employer, guitarhome@aol.com