Brenda Schuman-Post

Brenda Special Events

In addition to her active freelance performances and private teaching, Brenda invites you to attend these delightful special events.

2008

• October 6 – 16, 2008
  Mpingo Pemba Sawmill
  Pemba, Mozambique, Africa

  Concerts and research for
  Mpingo's Fruit lecture-performance

• September 15 – October 5, 2008
  African Blackwood Conservation Project
  Moshi and Arusha, Tanzania, Africa

  Concerts with Sixtus Koromba
  and research for Mpingo's Fruit

• July 25, 2008 1:00PM
  International Double Reed Society Conference
  Bingham Young University, Provo, Utah

  Panel Discussion Leader
  Being Unstuck 2: Exploring Alternative Performance Attitudes

• April 2008, date TBA
  Napa Community College
  Napa, California

  Concert: "Animal Interactions" for oboe
  and nature sounds and "On The Spot" by BS-P
  Free Improvisation (Free Jazz) Workshop

• April 13, 2008, 4:00 pm
  Dunham Academy
  San Rafael, California

  Class: The Role of the Oboe and Oboist in Orchestral Music

• March 31, 2008, 12:00 noon
  Philosophy Hall, Graduate Lounge
  Columbia University, New York

  Mpingo's Fruit
  Concert: "On the Spot" for solo oboe by BS-P

• March 25, 2008, 4:15 pm
  Recital Hall 003
  Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut

  Mpingo's Fruit

• February 29, 2008, 4:00 - 6:00 pm
  Beam Music Center Room 159
  University of Nevada, Las Vegas

  Performance of "Animal Interactions" for oboe and nature sounds by BS-P
  World Premiere of "Fanfare For Depression" for solo oboe
  Free Improvisation (Free Jazz) Workshop

• February 23, 2008, 4:30 - 6:30 pm
  The Last Laugh Coffee House
  1551 Dolores Street
  San Francisco, California

  The Return of Classical Trash.
  Comeback oboe/piano recital.
  Works by Malcolm Arnold, Gordon Jacob, Clement Lenom,
  Marcelle Soulage, many more.

2007

• December 18, 2007, 10:00 pm
  Yoshi's Jazz Club
  510 Embarcadero West
  Oakland, California

  Concert: African Roots of Jazz

• October 10, 2007, 4:00 p.m.
  Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

  Oboes Of The World

• June 13, 2007
  International Double Reed Conference
  Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY

  10 a.m. discussion leader:
  "Being Unstuck: Exploring Alternative Performance Attitudes"
  2 p.m.
  World Premier: "Animal Interactions" for oboe and nature sounds by Brenda Schuman-Post

• May 25, 2007, 6 p.m.
  Dunham Academy, San Rafael, CA

  Lecture-Performance:
  The Role of the Oboe in the Orchestra

• April 19, 2007, 4 p.m.
  San Francisco Conservatory of Music
  50 Oak Street, San Francisco

  Oboes Of The World

• April 6, 2007, 8:00 p.m.
  Calvary Presbyterian Church, Jackson and Fillmore, San Francisco

  Bach - St. Matthew Passion Greatest Hits
  Obligato soloist: oboe, oboe d'amore, english horn

• March 21, 2007, 4:00 p.m.
  University of North Carolina, Greensboro

  Mpingo's Fruit

• March 4, 11, 18, 25, April 1, 2006, 11:00 a.m.
  Calvary Presbyterian Church, Jackson and Fillmore, San Francisco

  Bach - St. Matthew Passion
  Obligato soloist: oboe, oboe d'amore, english horn

• February 19, 2007 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
  Fresno State University Double Reed Day

  Internal air-oboe-ics. Keep it moving!
  Oboes Of The World
  Conventional Master Class
  Free Improvisation (free jazz) Workshop
  Recital: works by Telemann, Lenom, Bozza, Schuman-Post

2006

• December 16, 2006, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
  San Domenico School, San Anselmo, CA

  The No Guesswork Guide to Oboe Reedmaking

• October 29, 2006, 7:00 p.m.
  North Bay Philharmonic Orchestra - Napa Valley College

  Mozart - Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra

• October 8, 2006, 4:00 p.m.
  Dunham Academy for Gifted Students

  Presentation: What's Going on in the Oboe Playing World?

• September 8, 2006, 8:00 p.m.
  Space Needle, Seattle Washington

  Planet Expo Star Trek 40th Anniversary Celebration
  Fan-fare

• September 8 and 9, 2006, 12 noon and 2 p.m., Main Stage
  Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame, Seattle, Washington

  Planet Expo Star Trek 40th Anniversary Celebration
  Fantasy on Themes From Star Trek

• July 25 - 30, 2006
  Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
  International Double Reed Society Conference

  Visit Brenda at the Buffet Crampon Exhibit

• July 16, 2006
  San Francisco Concerto Orchestra - Valley Baptist Church - San Rafael, CA

  Mozart - Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra

• May 21, 2006, 12 noon
  California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA

  Oboes Of The World

• March 26, 2006
  University of Nevada, Las Vegas

  Mpingo's Fruit
  Free Improvisation Workshop

• January 18, 25, February 1, 2006, 8 p.m.
  Novato, CA
  February 8, 2006, 6 p.m.
  San Rafael, CA
  Channel 26 Community Advocate TV

  About The Oboe - Interview only. Promo for Golden Gate Opera

• January 31, 2006, 7 p.m.
  Servino's Serves Opera, Tiburon, CA
  Benefit for Golden Gate Opera

  Musette-Pastorale by Clement Lenom
  About the Oboe - short talk

• January 20 and 21, 2006
  NAMM Convention, Anaheim, CA

  Visit with Brenda at Buffet Crampon booth

• January 7, 2006
  Trinity Episcopal Church, San Francisco, CA

  Obligato soloist Bach - Christmas Oratorio (oboe and oboe d'amore)

2005

• December 10, 2005
  College of Marin, Larkspur, CA

  Obligato soloist - Bach - Cantata #1 (English horn) and Cantata 140 (oboe)

• October 8, 2005, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  Dunham Academy, San Rafael, CA

  OBOE DAY:
  Master classes and private lessons in reed making and circular breathing

• July 11, 2005, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
  University of Costa Rica
  San Jose, Costa Rica

  Extended Techniques and Improvisation

• June 7 and 8, 2005
  International Double Reed Society Conference
  University of Texas
  Austin, Texas

  June 7, 8:00 p.m., Concert: Fantasy on Themes from Star Trek
  June 8, 3:00 p.m., Free Improvisation Workshop

• April 1, 2005, 10:00 p.m.
  Guilty Party - April Fools!
  Victorian Englander House
  807 Gough Street
  San Francisco, CA

  Meyer Kupferman - Sensations for Solo Oboe

• March 9 and 10, 2005
  Bradley University
  Peoria, Illinois

  March 9, 3:00 p.m., Mpingo's Fruit
  March 9, 7:30 p.m., Recital
  March 10, 9:00 a.m., Master Class
  March 10, 2:00 p.m., Oboes of the World

• March 7 and 8, 2005
  Lawrence Conservatory of Music
  Appleton, Wisconsin

  March 7, 8:00 p.m., Oboes of the World
  March 8, 9:00 a.m., Master Class

• February 12, 2005
  Double-reed Day: Middle Tennessee State University
  Nashville, Tennessee

  Master Classes, Recital, Display of African Blackwood Carvings

• February 10, 2005
  University of Kentucky
  Lexington, Kentucky

  12:00 p.m., Mpingo's Fruit
  7:30 p.m., Oboes of the World

2004

• December 20, 2004
  Yoshi's Jazz Club
  Oakland, California

  Guest Artist with African Roots of Jazz

• October 9, 2004
  Northern Arizona University
  Flagstaff, Arizona

  10:00 a.m., Mpingo's Fruit
  2:00 p.m., Oboes of the World
  3:30 p.m., Improvisation Master Class

• August 27 - 29, 2004
  Beam Me Up Scotty... One Last Time
  Planet XPO Star Trek Convention to honor Jimmy Doohan (Scotty)
  Renaissance Hollywood Hotel
  Hollywood, California

  Friday 8:00 p.m., Scotty Party
  Saturday 8:00 p.m., Opening performer at the Banquet and Jimmy Doohan "Roast"
  Sunday 11:00 a.m., Concert in the Main Ballroom

• April 18, 2004, 5:00 p.m.
  Holy Innocents Church
  San Francisco, California

  Recital - Works by Bozza, Verroust, Schubert

• March 26 - 28, 2004
  Star Trek Grand Slam Convention
  Pasadena Convention Center
  Pasadena, California

  Brenda performs "Fantasy on Themes from Star Trek" and other improvisations

• March 25, 2004
  Arnold Schoenberg Institute, Thornton School of Music
  University of Southern California
  Los Angeles, California

  Mpingo's Fruit

• February 13 - 14, 2004
  Texas Music Educators Association Convention
  San Antonio, Texas

  Brenda teaches at The Music Group booth

• February 10, 2004
  University of Texas
  Austin, Texas

  Oboes of the World

• February 9, 2004
  University of Texas
  Austin, Texas

  Mpingo's Fruit

2003

• August 9, 2003
  Creation Entertainment Star Trek Convention
  Las Vegas, Nevada

  Brenda wins the "Star Trek Idol Talent Search" competition performing her arrangement of Fantasy on Themes from Star Trek.

• June 20, 2003
  International Double Reed Society 2003 Conference
  Greensboro, North Carolina

  Oboe Pedagogy Round Table

• June 21, 2003
  International Double Reed Society 2003 Conference
  Greensboro, North Carolina

  Mpingo's Fruit: Harvesting African Blackwood
  the people, the places, the process

• February 12 - 15, 2003
  Texas Music Educators Association Convention
  San Antonio, Texas

  How to Play and Teach the Oboe

• January 27, 2003, 6:00 p.m.
  University of Akron
  Akron, Ohio

  Oboes of the World

• January 23 - 25, 2003
  Ohio Music Educators Association Convention
  Cleveland, Ohio

  How To Play and Teach The Oboe

• January 8 - 11, 2003
  Florida Music Educators Assciation Convention
  Tampa, Florida

  How To Play and Teach The Oboe

2002

• November 11, 2002
  Ball State University
  Muncie, Indiana
  5:00 p.m.

  Oboes of the World

• November 9, 2002
  University of Evansville
  Evansville, Indiana

  10:30 a.m., Oboes of the World
  1:00 p.m., Master Class

• July 28, 2002
  Rowe, Massasuchets

  Oboe Plus (private event)

• July 26 – 28, 2002
  Massachussets
  locations and times to be announced

  Concerts and Lecture-Performances

• July 21, 2002
  Albany, New York

  Oboe Plus (private event)

• June 21, 2002
  Now Music Festival
  San Francisco, California

  Practicing Reinhard (an improvisation influenced by the micro-tonal music of Johnny Reinhard)

• June 16, 2002
  Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, California

  Cranes (improvisation) and Vivaldi's Gloria (solo appearance with the San Francisco Boys Chorus and orchestra)

• May 16, 2002
  Soundwood Conference
  Presidio Trust Officers' Club
  San Francisco, California

  Solo Oboe to Convene the Soundwood Conference

• March 20, 2002
  Presidio Trust Officers' Club
  San Francisco, California

  Soundwood Jam Session
  Brenda plays Telemann Fantasie in A Major
  and improvises with "Nearly Beloved" band

• March 8 and 9, 2002
  Edgewood, Rhode Island

  Oboe Plus performing works by Georg Phillip Telemann (private concerts)

• March 6, 2002
  Flushing, New York

  Oboe Plus performing works by Georg Phillip Telemann (private concerts)

• February 7 - 9, 2002
  Ohio Music Educators Association Conference
  Cincinnati, Ohio

  Boosey and Hawkes display (Buffet oboes)
  How To Play and Teach The Oboe
  plus general oboe advocacy and education

• February 2, 2002
  Portland State University
  Portland, Oregon

  Extended Techniques and Improvisation

• January 18 and 19, 2002
  Indiana Music Educators Association, Indiana Convention Center
  Indianapolis, Indiana

  Boosey and Hawkes display (Buffet oboes)
  How To Play and Teach The Oboe
  plus general oboe advocacy and education

2001 and earlier

• March 2001
  Baylor University
  Waco, Texas

  Oboes of the World

• July 2000
  Griya Musik Irama Indah
  Bali, Indonesia

  Oboes of the World

• April 2000
  Marylhurst University
  Marylhurst, Oregon

  Oboes of the World

• April 2000
  University of Washington
  Seattle, Washington

  Oboes of the World

• November 1999
  University of Nevada
  Las Vegas, Nevada

  Oboes of the World     [photo]

• February 1999
  Lawrence Conservatory of Music
  Appleton, Wisconsin

  Oboes of the World

• February 1999
  University of Wisconsin
  Madison, Wisconsin

  Oboes of the World

• February 1999
  University of Illinois
  Champaign-Urbana, Illinois

  Oboes of the World

• August 1998
  International Double Reed Society Conference
  Tempe, Arizona

  Oboes of the World

• May 1998
  Juilliard School of Music
  New York, New York

  Oboes of the World

• May 1998
  Sarah Lawrence and Concordia Colleges (joint sponsorship)
  Bronxville, New York

  Oboes of the World

• May 1998
  Aaron Copland School of Music
  Flushing, New York (public performance)

  Oboes of the World

• January 1996
  Sarah Lawrence College
  Bronxville, New York

  Oboes of the World

• August 1995
  International Double Reed Society Conference
  Rotterdam, The Netherlands

  Oboes of the World

• June 1993
  California Academy of Sciences

  Oboes of the World