EarMaster ApS is a Danish music software company founded in 1994. Being musicians ourselves, our mission is to develop genuine high quality products, and provide musicians with the most interactive and efficient ear training tool.

The people

	Hans Lavdal Jakobsen Managing director and developer, M.Sc. Robotics Hans is the original founder and programmer of EarMaster. He developed the idea of EarMaster and created the great ear training program we know today. He plays the piano, mainly jazz and gospel music, and plays at various Gospel events in the area where he lives. Together with his wife he runs a Gospel choir called "Gospel kids" for 6-10 year old children.
	Bent Normann Olsen Senior developer The latest programmer in the office is Bent from Greenland. His first project was to port EarMaster to Mac, and he will be the key person in the development of EarMaster 6. He keeps the office alive and kicking with constant whistling of christmas songs (all year!) and fingerdrumming his desk. He plays the guitar and the keyboard - especially Christmas songs...
	Quentin Nicollet Marketing and support Quentin from France is taking care of general marketing as well as customer/sales support. You will also meet him on our community forum, answering your questions and comments. When he's not at the office, he plays electric guitar in several metal bands and produces both his own and the music of others. Visit his myspace for more metal goodness.
	Patricio Moya Marketing and support Patricio from Chile is head of marketing and support in the many Spanish-speaking countries. He is also a private music teacher, giving lessons in piano playing, and playing solo jazz piano himself. Other than that, he plays tango music in his band CheTango Trio.
	Birgitte Jakobsen Human resources Birgitte is responsible for recruitment and staff care. She sings Gospel music and leads a Gospel choir called "Gospel kids" together with her husband. It's for 6-10 year old children, and their own three children are in the choir too.
	Markus Petersen Webmaster The webmaster and server administrator of EarMaster is Markus. He makes sure that everything is in order with our webshop and the webserver, and develops new features and tweaks for the site whenever it's needed. He enjoys listening to (and frequently singing to) various music. Visit his last.fm profile for an insight.

The office

Our office is in northern Århus in Denmark. Located in northern Europe, Denmark is a small country of 6 million people. The office building is right next to the beautiful Egå yachting marina, where fresh air and a nice view of the sea can make you regain your strength during workbreaks. Our work environment is quite relaxed. That means: no suits and ties, and a bit of fun and music is always welcome.

The EarMaster history

The EarMaster history goes back to 1992, where founder Hans Jakobsen was preparing for conservatory training. He seriously needed to develop his musical ear fast, but could not find any effective ear training tools. These circumstances paved the way for the foundation of EarMaster.

Hans came up with the idea of using computers for ear training, and by 1994 he had developed the first software program for ear training - a simple program primarily intended for music students. In 1996 the first edition of EarMaster saw the light of day. EarMaster not only addressed music students, who shared similar experiences, but now all musicians could benefit from our program - and from their own musical ear!

Starting up more than a decade ago with a DOS-based program and now having, in our opinion, the best ear training software in the world - translated into 23 languages and distributed globally - tells us that a lot of ears need us!