Oboe and Woodwinds
Oboe and Woodwinds
Kaden Klein is an oboe, English horn, clarinet, and tenor saxophone player based in Madison, WI. While completing his Master's at Penn State University, he performed with Pennsylvania Chamber Orchestra, Nittany Valley Symphony, and State College Choral Society. He has also performed in several musical theatre productions with the Penn State University School of Musical Theatre, as well as many productions with the University of Michigan Department of Musical Theatre. He provides private lessons on the oboe, clarinet, and saxophone and creates arrangements of popular and video game music.
He received his M.M. in Oboe Performance at Penn State University as the Graduate Oboe Teaching Assistant, studying oboe with Andreas Oeste. He received his B.M. in Multiple Woodwinds (Oboe, Clarinet, and Saxophone) at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, studying oboe with Nancy Ambrose King. Kaden holds a special place for video game soundtracks, musical theatre, premiering new music, and performing a variety of genres in addition to classical music.
Kaden Klein is an oboist, composer, arranger, and multi-woodwind player based in Madison, WI. He received his Master's in Oboe Performance at Penn State University as the Graduate Oboe Teaching Assistant. At the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, he received his B.M. in Multiple Woodwinds (Oboe, Clarinet, and Saxophone). Kaden's former teachers include: oboe with Andreas Oeste and Nancy Ambrose King, clarinet with Daniel Gilbert and Nathan Rodriguez, classical saxophone with Walt Puyear, and jazz saxophone with Andrew Bishop. In particular, Kaden holds a special place for video game soundtracks, musical theatre, premiering new music, and performing a variety of genres in addition to classical music.
Kaden has performed in various ensembles at the University of Michigan and Penn State University, including the Penn State Philharmonic Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra, as well as the University of Michigan Symphony Band and Orchestra. Additionally, he has performed in shows with Penn State University's School of Theatre, playing in Crazy for You and Trampoline (premiered in 2025) and with the University of Michigan Department of Musical Theatre on productions of A Little Night Music, Guys and Dolls, and Bernarda Alba, playing various combinations of oboe, English horn, clarinet, and tenor saxophone. He also played in various ensembles in the State College Area, including the Pennsylvania Chamber Orchestra, Nittany Valley Symphony, State College Choral Society, and the Graduate Woodwind Trio and Quintet at Penn State.
In 2025, Kaden attended the Mostly Modern Festival in Saratoga Springs, NY, playing for and taking lessons with Keve Wilson and Jared Hauser. 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. 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 Johanna Cox Pennington, Cynthia Anderson, Jung Choi, Hassan Anderson, Colin Maier, and Tim Gocklin. Besides studying woodwinds, Kaden is an avid retro video game collector and enjoys thrift shopping in his free time.
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
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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