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Don Werdick is a professional Oboe, Oboe d’amore & English horn artist. Owns and operates the international double reed cane processing business Supérieure Cane Processing™, www.oboemn.com, is an oboe Instructor, music copyist/engraver and arranger, member of the American Federation of Musicians, International Double Reed Society and IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library. He studied with Rhadames Angelucci, Principal Oboe, Minnesota Orchestra; Ita Loe-Vellek, Chicago Symphony; Ruben Haugen, McPhail School of Music; and is a graduate of the University of Minnesota. Recent performances as principal oboe include the North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra, Mesabi Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Ensemble of Minnesota and the Northern Lights Festival Orchestra. Prior to moving to northeastern Minnesota he performed in the Twin Cities with the Minnetonka Symphony, Bloomington Symphony and the Metropolitan Wind Ensemble. His signature pieces include Krommer's Concerto in F for Oboe and Orchestra; Marcello’s Concerto in C minor for Oboe and Strings; Telemann's Concerto for Oboe d’amore and Strings; Donizetti's Concertino for English horn and Strings. He is a retired financial institution CEO, former FDIC senior manager, First Federal Minneapolis management and past U.S. Army Band Director & commissioned officer. Don and his wife Donna, Author (pseudonym J. D. Wellander, www.jdwellander-books.com) live on several wooded acres in their northern Minnesota home.

Studies 1962-1966 Rhadames John Angelucci (1915-1991), Principal Oboe with the Minnesota Symphony Orchestra from 1936 to 1980. 1960-1962 Ita Vellek (Loe), Chicago Symphony 1955-1959 Ruben Haugen, McPhail School of Music Graduate-University of Minnesota, business & music, and the Institute of Financial Education

Performing Organizations 1961-1967: Bloomington Concert Band Ensemble and Chamber Orchestra, Metropolitan Wind Ensemble, Metropolitan Youth Symphony, University of Minnesota Orchestra, U of M Band, Augsburg College Orchestra, McPhail Orchestra 1963-1969: Bloomington Symphony Orchestra, Metropolitan Wind Ensemble 1969-1976: Chamber and orchestra performing, recording and military service-Bandmaster/USAR 1977-1997: Minnetonka Symphony Orchestra, Metropolitan Wind Ensemble 1997-2011: Mesabi Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Ensemble of Minnesota, North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra, Northern Lights Music Festival Orchestra, Woodland Chamber 2012 to Present Semi-retired: Chamber ensemble music and cane processing business - Superieure Cane Processing, Inc.