“IT TAKES TWO…”
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TIMOTHY GOPLERUD (*1960): Vignettes from The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (2006); “It Takes Two…” (1999); DINOS CONSTANTINIDES (*1929): Dialogue for Oboe and Double Bass (2006); SHANE MONDS (*1985): Two Dances: Scherzo and Valse (2005); JODY NAGEL (*1960): Bedtime Stories (2003); VERNON J. SANDOZ III (*1963): Minute Improvisations: II. Oboe and Pizzicato Bass (2005); ANDREA CLEARFIELD (*1960): Three songs for Oboe and Double Bass after Poems by Pablo Neruda (1997); ADRIAN MANN (*1949): Canzone Vecchione (2005) The Vecchione/Erdahl Duo's efforts have effectively created a new repertoire for duo oboe/English horn and double bass. They have performed recitals for The Lakeville Area Arts Center, Duluth's Sacred Heart Music Center, the St. Paul Schubert Club, at the Fitzgerald Theater, Louisiana State University, Peabody Conservatory, in Baton Rouge, Philadelphia, Oklahoma City, Ithaca, Duluth, Ely, and Chicago, and at International Double Reed Society and International Society of Bassists conferences. As Young Audiences of Minnesota and Minnesota State Arts Board roster artists, and Partnering Artists with the SPCO's CONNECT Program, their "Pages of Music" educational programs link music and children's literature for schools, libraries, and bookstores. Awards include a 2007 JCCP Grant for a new work by Margaret Griebling-Haigh, a 2007 Subito Grant in support of recording their debut duo CD for Centaur Records, and a 2006 ACF Encore Grant . Carrie Vecchione, oboe/English horn, teaches at MacPhail, subs with the Minnesota Orchestra and appears as Principal Oboe of the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra. She previously subbed for the Indianapolis Symphony, and was a member of the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Muncie Symphony, the Baton Rouge Symphony, New Orleans Ballet, Acadiana Symphony, Natchez Opera, Ohio Light Opera, Vineyard Opera, Grand Teton Orchestral Seminar, and the NOA National Orchestra of New York. She has soloed in the Carnegie Weill Recital Hall, and performed at many national conferences. Solo premieres include Timothy Goplerud's Concerto for English horn, and Transformations for Oboe and String Orchestra by Dinos Constantinides. She previously taught at St. Olaf College and at Ball State University, where she performed with the resident faculty ensemble, the Musical Arts Quintet, and created and hosted the John de Lancie Master Classes and the Reed Maker's Workshops. She served on the faculty of the Sewanee Summer Music Center, the International Peace Gardens Music Camp, and has been an adjudicator and clinician locally and nationally. She received Doctoral and Bachelor degrees from Louisiana State University, and her Master's degree from the Manhattan School of Music. Her teachers have included Joseph Robinson, Earnest Harrison and Mark Ostoich. Rolf Erdahl, double bass, subs for the Minnesota Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and Minnesota Opera. He teaches bass at Luther College, Gustavus Adolphus College, and the Lutheran Summer Music Festival. Previously Principal Bass of the Winnipeg Symphony and Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, he has subbed with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and performed with the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra, Breckenridge Music Festival, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Honolulu Symphony, Bergen Philharmonic, New World Symphony, Miami Beach Basstet, and White Noise Chamber Players. He has taught bass at the University of Manitoba, Ball State and Wichita State Universities, the Sewanee Music Festival, and the North Carolina Governor's School. He graduated from St. Olaf College, the University of Minnesota, and the Peabody Conservatory. Fulbright and Scandinavian-American Foundation Scholar studies in Norway culminated in his doctoral dissertation on the music of Grieg. Eugene Levinson has been his major teacher. He has also studied with Peter Lloyd, Bruce Bransby, Paul Ellison, Hal Robinson, and James Clute.