JOHN GREEN is a Baroque Oboe player and ex-Biology Associate Professor resident in Auckland, New Zealand (/about-john.html).
He played recorder, piano, bagpipes and hautboy (baroque oboe) before attending Auckland & Waikato universities, gaining MSc and DPhil degrees in Zoology and Limnology while also studying modern oboe with Ronald Webb (Principal Oboe NZSO). He then pursued parallel careers as an Associate Professor in Limnology at Waikato University and as a free-lance professional oboist. He has performed as an orchestral player, chamber musician and concerto soloist, mainly in New Zealand & Australia, with many groups including Bach Musica NZ, the Opus Chamber Orchestra, Ekklektika, Camerata Queensland, the Suncoast Sinfonia, Hausmusik.com.au, Queensland Baroque, the Queensland Bach Society, NZ Barok and the Handel Consort & Quire. In recent years he has specialized as an hautboist, performing 17th and 18th century music on instruments of the period, mainly with Hausmusik NZ. His main hautboy tutors have been Michael Taglinger (Germany), Adam Masters (Australia) and Eduard Wesly (Holland), with Paul van der Linden (Holland) and Mary Kirkpatrick (USA) giving critical assistance with reeds and instrument set-up. He is also a hautboy reed maker, with customers worldwide, and in 2012 gave the ‘Baroque Oboe’ presentation at the NZ Double Reed Society’s Double Reed Weekend. In addition to performing, John has for many decades been actively involved in the management of various musical organisations including the Opus Chamber Orchestra, Camerata Queensland, Bach Musica NZ, the NZ Pops Orchestra & Hausmusik NZ.
John is Manager of Hausmusik NZ (www.hausmusiknz.com, /hausmusik-nz.html), is on the Trust Board of the New Zealand Pops Orchestra (http://www.newzealandpops.co.nz/) and designs and produces CDs for these groups. He is also a tennis racquet stringer for Rita Paczian Tennis (http://www.ritapacziantennis.com).
John is married to conductor and tennis coach Rita Paczian
He played recorder, piano, bagpipes and hautboy (baroque oboe) before attending Auckland & Waikato universities, gaining MSc and DPhil degrees in Zoology and Limnology while also studying modern oboe with Ronald Webb (Principal Oboe NZSO). He then pursued parallel careers as an Associate Professor in Limnology at Waikato University and as a free-lance professional oboist. He has performed as an orchestral player, chamber musician and concerto soloist, mainly in New Zealand & Australia, with many groups including Bach Musica NZ, the Opus Chamber Orchestra, Ekklektika, Camerata Queensland, the Suncoast Sinfonia, Hausmusik.com.au, Queensland Baroque, the Queensland Bach Society, NZ Barok and the Handel Consort & Quire. In recent years he has specialized as an hautboist, performing 17th and 18th century music on instruments of the period, mainly with Hausmusik NZ. His main hautboy tutors have been Michael Taglinger (Germany), Adam Masters (Australia) and Eduard Wesly (Holland), with Paul van der Linden (Holland) and Mary Kirkpatrick (USA) giving critical assistance with reeds and instrument set-up. He is also a hautboy reed maker, with customers worldwide, and in 2012 gave the ‘Baroque Oboe’ presentation at the NZ Double Reed Society’s Double Reed Weekend. In addition to performing, John has for many decades been actively involved in the management of various musical organisations including the Opus Chamber Orchestra, Camerata Queensland, Bach Musica NZ, the NZ Pops Orchestra & Hausmusik NZ.
John is Manager of Hausmusik NZ (www.hausmusiknz.com, /hausmusik-nz.html), is on the Trust Board of the New Zealand Pops Orchestra (http://www.newzealandpops.co.nz/) and designs and produces CDs for these groups. He is also a tennis racquet stringer for Rita Paczian Tennis (http://www.ritapacziantennis.com).
John is married to conductor and tennis coach Rita Paczian
