[1] Wedeen earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in French literature from Columbia University in 1950.
[1] Wedeen joined the faculty of the Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple University in Philadelphia in 1964.
Wedeen played key roles in establishing and developing the performance, pedagogy, and early music programs at the keyboard department at Temple.
Wedeen recruited to the keyboard department such musicians as Alexander Fiorillo, and harpsichordist and early music scholar Joyce Lindorff, and Lambert Orkis.
[1] His notable students included Charles Abramovic, Marc-André Hamelin,[1] Marc Durand, Robert Durso, and Michael Tsalka.