Welcome. The Chamber Ensemble of Minnesota, Inc. publishes full score and parts for oboe, oboe d'amore and English horn Baroque period chamber music arranged/edited by Don Werdick. The original Baroque scores and solo parts contain little (if any) information about elements like articulation, ornamentation or dynamics, so the soloists and ensemble players needed to make their own informed choices before each performance. The oboe, oboe d'amore and English horn solo arrangements by Don Werdick offers dynamics, articulations, ornamentation and nuances of tone color as to how to effectively present the composition and can help the performer to build on this to effectively communicate the sense of the music.
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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