Don Werdick is a Professional Oboe, Oboe d’amore & English horn artist; music engraver, arranger/editor, and Publisher – Chamber Ensemble of Minnesota, Inc. Publishing, ASCAP, oboemn.com/concerto, and retired owner-operator of the international double reed cane processing business Supérieure Cane Processing, Inc. oboemn.com. Member of: American Federation of Musicians & past Board/Executive Committee-Local 18, International Double Reed Society, Associated Chamber Music Players, American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers, and the International Music Score Library Project. Studied with: Rhadames Angelucci, Principal Oboe, Minnesota Orchestra; Ita Loe-Vellek, Chicago Symphony, and Ruben Haugen, MacPhail Center for Music; and a graduate of the University of Minnesota. Current and past symphony and chamber orchestra performances include the River Valley Community & Chamber Orchestra, St. Croix Valley Symphony Orchestra & Ensembles, St. Croix Sounds Chamber Orchestra, North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra, Mesabi Symphony Orchestra, Mesabi Musical Theatre Orchestra, Chamber Ensemble of Minnesota, Woodland Chamber Ensemble, Northern Lights Music Festival Orchestra, Guest Performer-Duluth Symphony Orchestra-DSSYO, the Minnesota Opera, Minnetonka Symphony Orchestra, Bloomington Symphony Orchestra, Metropolitan Wind Ensemble, University of Minnesota Orchestra, Augsburg University Orchestra, and music ministry-liturgical music oboe accompanist & arranger. Having had a dual career/vocation, he is also a retired financial institution Director & CEO; former FDIC/RTC Assistant Director; past First Federal Minneapolis management; and former U.S. Army Band Director & commissioned officer. Don, and his wife Tinka Bloedow, residence and business is located on several wooded acres overlooking the St. Croix River in southwestern Wisconsin.
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