Brenda Schuman-Post has sustained her career as a soloist and chamber musician by performing diverse genres in almost every type of venue. As the first musician ever to witness the search for and harvesting of African Blackwood in East Africa, she lectures worldwide on “Sustainable African Blackwood”. Brenda won the Star Trek Idol Talent Search by improvising and performing a “Fantasy on Themes from Star Trek”. Influenced by non-Western oboes and music, she exhibits her instrument collection and lectures on “Oboes of the World”. Her CDs are hailed as ‘ground breaking’. Brenda is a free-lance orchestral and chamber musician and private oboe educator. With current programming geared towards under-served communities, she performs throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, leading her multi-instrumental ensemble, Sonic Forest, in programs that can include Classical, Jazz, Celtic, Klezmer, Traditional American, American Songbook, and Spontaneous Improvisations.