The purpose of the site is to explore various trains of thought on a whole host of musical issues: aesthetics, musicianship/performance, pedagogy, lifestyle, etc. Consider the material to be constantly evolving, and not a final draft.

(All attitudes and opinions expressed are the sole responsibility of Michael Teager, and do not reflect those of any associated business or institution.)

Michael Teager is an experienced performing musician, both as a leader and a sideman. His eclectic taste in music – equal parts jazz, popular, and contemporary – affords him the flexibility to be comfortable in many different musical environments.

Mike’s playing has taken him across the nation and around the globe, and he’s performed with notable singers such as Byron Nease, Craig Schulman, Chris Groenendaal, Davis Gaines, Gary Mauer, Holly Lipton, and Jamie Michael Stewart, and physical comedian Rudi Macaggi. He has performed with the West Michigan Symphony, Lansing Symphony Big Band, Lansing Symphony Orchestra, Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra, Bijou Orchestra, and the Navigator Orchestra (aboard the Regent M/S Seven Seas Navigator). He is a graduate of Central Michigan University (B.M. – Performance, Summa Cum Laude) and Michigan State University (M.M. – Saxophone Performance), where he was also a teaching assistant in the Musicology area. His major teachers have included John Nichol, Joseph Lulloff, Rob Smith, and Michael Hamann. He has also pursued study with Dave Liebman, John Harle, and Gerard McChrystal, and performed in masterclasses for Claude Delangle, Jean-Michel Goury, Timothy McAllister, Christophe Bois, and Otis Murphy.

Mike is currently Instructor for Michigan State University, teaching Music Appreciation for the Office of Study Abroad. Previously he taught Music Appreciation and Music History at Spring Arbor University in Jackson, MI. Some of his previous projects include Houston’s Zentropy, and, while in Michigan, The French Henchmen, and Ann Arbor’s First Flight.

Mike recently returned to Michigan after a year in Texas. His latest collaboration with Matt Borghi can be found on VagueTerrain.net. Mike can regularly be seen with Teag & PK, The Elevator Conspiracy, and various other groups, and he regularly writes for his MT-Headed Blog.