Oboe and Woodwinds

Kaden Klein is an oboist, composer/arranger, and multi-instrumentalist based in State College, Pennsylvania. He currently attends Penn State University, studying oboe with Dr. Andreas Oeste. At the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, he received a B.M. in Multiple Woodwinds with oboe as his primary instrument and clarinet and saxophone as his secondary instruments. Kaden's former teachers include oboe with Dr. Nancy Ambrose King, clarinet with Professor Daniel Gilbert and Nathan Rodriguez, classical saxophone with Walt Puyear, and jazz saxophone with Professor Andrew Bishop. In particular, he has a passion for chamber music and working alongside living composers premiering new music.  

Kaden has performed in various ensembles at the University of Michigan, including the University Symphony Band and the University Symphony Orchestra. Additionally, he has performed in the University of Michigan Department of Musical Theatre’s productions of A Little Night Music, Guys and Dolls, and Bernarda Alba, playing various combinations of oboe, English horn, clarinet, and tenor saxophone. He has played in MUSKET's productions of Funny Girl and A Chorus Line and performed early jazz on the oboe at The Blue Llama, a jazz club in Ann Arbor, MI.

In 2022, Kaden attended the Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival participating in masterclasses for Toyin Spellman-Diaz and Pedro Díaz. He has also performed in masterclasses for Jung Choi, Hassan Anderson, Colin Maier, and Tim Gocklin. In 2023, Kaden attended Domaine Forget de Charlevoix's New Music Festival in Saint-Irénée, Quebec, the Akropolis Chamber Music Institute in Bay View, MI, and the University of Michigan's NYC Broadway Immersion Trip, where he took lessons with professional Broadway musician, Rick Heckman, on woodwind doubling. Besides studying woodwinds, Kaden is an avid retro video game collector and enjoys thrift shopping in his free time.

Instrumental Capabilities

• Primary Instruments: Oboe and English Horn

• Secondary Instruments: B-flat Clarinet, E-flat Clarinet*, and Bass Clarinet*, Tenor Sax, Oboe D'Amore*, and Bass Oboe*

*Advance notice needed

Arranging, Score Editing, Transcribing, and Engraving

• Creating arrangements of popular, movie, and video game music for a variety of ensembles

• Proficient in Finale Software

  • Familiar with editing/proofreading small to large scores

  • Can transcribe music of your choosing

• Experience with typesetting handwritten scores into Finale software

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