Carrie Vecchione, oboe/English horn, and Rolf Erdahl, double bass present recitals and "Pages of Music" educational programs linking music and children's literature.

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 and DSSO's "Music to You" Programs, 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, 2007 and 2009 Subito Grants in support of recording projects, 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.

We love the combined sound of oboe/English horn and bass, and are thrilled by the range, quality, and appeal of music that's been written for us. Our mission is to establish our instrumentation as a genre by our performances, commissions, and recordings of music composed for our duo.

We are also dedicated to education. "Pages of Music with Rolf and Carrie" brings classical music alive for young audiences by involving them with ideas about music and demonstrations of the wind and string ends of the orchestral spectrum. We link our performances to memorable children's literature with musical themes.

Premieres of solo and chamber works for oboe/English horn and double bass:

"Fantasia on Three French Carols for Oboe and Bass," by Timothy Goplerud, MPR broadcast, "Minnesota Holiday Sampler II," Dec. 22, 2009

"Minimus of Morgantown: A garland of Charles Olson miniatures for oboe and bass," by Andrew Kohn, CCM, Cincinnati, OH, Oct. 9, 2009

"Rondo Buffo" (for oboe, bass and chamber orchestra), by Timothy Goplerud, Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra, Duluth, MN, July 22, 2009

"Myth of Sysiphus," by Vernon J. Sandoz III, International Society of Bassists Convention, Penn State, State College, PA, June 13, 2009

"Schubert's 'Trout' Served Four Ways, or, 'Three Fishy Variations on a Familiar Theme'" (English horn and double bass), by Timothy Goplerud,
January 15, 2009, St. Paul Schubert Club Courtroom Concerts, St. Paul, MN

"Askelad and the Seven Silver Ducks" (oboe/Eng. horn and double bass), by Margaret Griebling-Haigh,
"Hard Times Come Again No More," (oboe/double bass) by Stephen Foster, arr. Eric Hansen,
July 24, 2008, International Double Reed Society (IDRS) Conference, Provo, UT

"A Walk in the Park" (oboe and bass), by Timothy Goplerud
August 4, 2007, Northern Lakes Arts Association recital, Ely, MN

"'Round Midnight" (English horn and double bass), arr. Timothy Goplerud
June 7, 2007, International Society of Bassists (ISB), Oklahoma City, OK

"Rhumboid" (oboe and double bass), by Timothy Goplerud
September 8 and 11, 2006, St. James Place and LSU School of Music, Baton Rouge, LA

"Dialogue for Oboe and Bass," by Dinos Constantinides
April 23, 2006, Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, MD

"Vignettes from the Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" (oboe and double bass), by Timothy Goplerud
Feb. 14, 2006, Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, MN

"Two Dances: Scherzo and Valse" (oboe and double bass), by Shane Monds
"Minute Improvisations" (oboe and double bass), by Vernon J. Sandoz III
"Solitario" (solo oboe), by Alejandro Arguello
"Oboe and Double Bass," by Michael Berthelot
November 4, 5, and 7, 2005, St. James Place, Baton Rouge Gallery, and LSU School of Music, Baton Rouge, LA

"Canzone Vecchione" (oboe/English horn and double bass), by Adrian Mann
June 7, 2005, ISB Convention, Kalamazoo, MI

"Duo for Oboe and Bass," by Timothy Goplerud
June 6, 2005, IDRS Conference, Austin, TX

"Bedtime Stories" (9 mvts. for oboe, French horn, and double bass, or 5 mvts. for oboe and bass), by Jody Nagel
February 6, 2004, Muncie, IN

"English Horn Concerto" (piano reduction version), by Timothy Goplerud
August 11, 2001, IDRS Conference, Morgantown, WV

"Solo Sonata for Double Bass," by Timothy Goplerud
June 6, 2001, ISB Convention, Indianapolis, IN

"It Takes Two . . ." (English horn and double bass), by Timothy Goplerud
January 22, 1999, National Society of College Wind and Percussion Instructors National Convention, Muncie, IN