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Sara Schoenbeck
Experimental / Jazz / Classical

"Sara plays bassoon"

Brooklyn/ Los Angeles, New York
United States

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Last Login:  7/15/2008
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   Sara Schoenbeck: General Info
Member Since9/30/2006
Band Members I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4
Influenceslife and it's ups and downs, the veins in leaves, far away truck sounds, fog horns, birds, bodies of water, small conversations with strangers, my mom, people I play music with, teachers, extended circle and inner circle of friends, the sun, Harry, rain, san francisco, javanese traditional dance, indonesian music, solkattu, sargam, anime, calarts, steve lacy, jimmy giuffre, anthony braxton, charles mingus, nina simone, electronica, radiohead, bjork, stravinsky, berio, crumb, art ensemble of chicago, synesthesia, messiaen, pauline oliveros, gino robair, wayne horvitz, time flies festival, travis baker, jy, pamela, hillary maroon, my dad, leo smith, vinny golia, rajeev taranath, vibe, tom waits, peter maxwell davies, the residents, ligeti, elliott smith, yusef lateef, looking out windows, swimming, extended family, my cats, walking, roscoe mitchell, john butcher, sofia gubaidalina, erik satie, terry riley, duke ellington, joni mitchell, stevie wonder, mountains, ocean, clouds skitting across the sky, hummingbird beetles, cactii(sp?) in bloom, joshua tree, big sur, redwood trees, john cage, bonnie prince billy, johnny cash, townes van zandt, steve hoey, the ninja tunes label, johnny reinhard, julie feves, rufus olivier, steve paulson, my 1st bassoon teacher, john and alice coltrane, joni mitchell, david bowie, velvet underground, the ramones, ska, tactile things like fuzzy leaves and sweaters, insects, large moths, amsterdam, laughing, crying, vancouver, dancing all night outside and dancing in general, claudia, stacey, anja, erin, rachel, myka, kraig grady, kissing, love, food, drawing, captain beefheart, the moon, meteor showers, terry dame, ellen burr, dunham technique, my brother, quirky movies, great books like one hundred years of solitude, great movies like amelie and kung fu hustle, dakah, microtones, difference tones, respeto....
Sounds Likeghetto solutions for uptown problems, you dig?
Record LabelSpool, kufala, pfmentum, ninewinds, songlines
Type of LabelIndie





   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 18 2008 8:00P
The Atlantic Jazz Festival Halifax, Nova Scotia
Jul 25 2008 8:00P
Erik Deutsch’s band Brooklyn, New York
Aug 20 2008 8:00P
Cal Plaza Summer Series - Dakah (maybe) Los Angeles, California
Aug 27 2008 8:00P
The Stone New York, New York

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Wayne Horvit's Gravitas Quartet at Earshot Jazz Festival, Seattle October 20, 2006  (view more)

Adam Rudolph's Go Organic Orchestra at Tonic, NYC October 16, 2006  (view more)

Ensemble Green plays Ligetti 10 Pieces October 14 2006  (view more)

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   About Sara Schoenbeck
Here's Sara's big ol' bio: ................................................................................................................................... Sara Schoenbeck is a bassoonist who dedicates herself to expanding the sound and role of the bassoon in the worlds of contemporary notated and improvised music. The Wire places her in the "tiny club of bassoon pioneers" at work in contemporary music today and the New York Times has called her "riveting, mixing textural experiments with a big, confident sound." ................................................................................................................................... From being a member of creative music ensembles, like Wayne Horvitz's Gravitas Quartet, Anthony Braxton's 12+1tet, Ensemble Green (contemporary musics of LA) and the Vinny Golia's Large Ensemble to backing Mos Def in Dakah Hip Hop Orchestra and backing Tony Bennett and Stevie Wonder in the Mancini Orchestra, Sara continues to defy categorization as an artist. She has also also shared the stage in improvised music and contemporary music performances with Yusef Lateef, Fred Frith, John Butcher, Mark Dresser, Pauline Oliveros, Wadada Leo Smith, Ne(x)tworks and Nels Cline among many others. A recent transplant from Los Angeles, she spent a portion of her time there recording and also as adjunct faculty at California Institute of the Arts. Feature films she has played on include the Matrix Trilogy, Spanglish and Dahmer. ................................................................................................................................... She performs regularly at jazz festivals and venues throughout North America and Europe, notably the Du Maurier Jazz Festival in Vancouver, B.C., the Improvised Music Fest in Antwerp, Belgium and the Berlin Jazz Festival. Sara has received grants from Meet the Composer and the Durfee foundation for outreach work and composition. She received her BFA in bassoon performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and her MFA in multi-focus bassoon performance at the California Institute of the Arts.

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Aaron Bachelder





Jul 18 2008 1:14 PM

ecpe NY flier
coppercat.





Jul 17 2008 4:52 PM

is this you? (far left, beginning)
jessicapavone





Jul 11 2008 9:00 AM

hey girlie, thanks for all the hanging recently - - lets be in touch next week about a swimming extravaganza!
Sweet Hollywaiians





Jun 29 2008 12:32 PM


ALOHA!!!
Adrienne Albert





Jun 28 2008 12:10 AM

Hi Sara,

I'm really enjoying listening to your unique voice. Wonderful work! I love the bassoon voice!
Adrienne
EMBASSY OF ANAPHORIA





Jun 12 2008 6:21 PM

Hope things are blooming there in the big city, I am loving it here !
Copper Rose





Jun 12 2008 7:31 AM

Thanks for the add and welcome to our community of friends. Your work is inspirational to me since I play bass in the band. I love to explore fine sounds in that low register. Did you get in touch with the accordion man?

Maggie
thomas





Jun 9 2008 12:11 PM

Hey Sara,
I'm coming back to nyc for the next 10 days! We need to go out dancing! I'll call you and let's grab Miranda and go do something fun!
t-
Ellery Eskelin





Jun 9 2008 8:08 AM

Hi Sara,
Great meeting you in Detroit...see ya 'round...EE
Chris McIntyre





May 27 2008 8:13 PM

no chotu beta 'till 7/23 (or thereabouts), so i've still got some time for duets! i give you a shout in the next day or two...
jeff eliassen





May 27 2008 4:29 PM

hey! thanks for the hi! yeah, likewise jg mentionin you! hope to meet up with yall in nyc this summer... very nice to hear from you:)
Der Tom





May 25 2008 10:02 AM


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D-Mo





May 18 2008 8:21 PM

It was fun playing with you today. Too bad we couldnt hang more.
Hope to see you soon!
Matthew Lee Knowles





May 15 2008 7:33 AM

Hey! Thank you for being a friend! Check out my profile for more stuff to look at and listen to.
Matthew Lee Knowles


D-Mo





May 14 2008 10:34 AM

I will indeed be there! Unfortunately, James is on the road, thus our 'Twig & Baries' reunion with have to be sans 1 bari.
I still want to make 'T&B' t-shirts!
World Ambient Symphony





May 12 2008 2:19 PM

Hi Sara,

Thanks very much for adding us!
konstruKt


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May 12 2008 6:36 AM

Welcome!
and greetings from istanbul:)

konstruKt




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Marjorie Sturm





May 10 2008 7:03 PM

Thanks, Sara!!

Hope you are enjoying, thriving and acclimating to the East Coast!

best, marjorie
Mandy





May 10 2008 2:07 PM

Hey! It's good to hear from you! I love lessons from Rufus. He's great. Sometimes we talk about you (only nice things of course). It's music for me, definitely. I'm doing commercial music-arranging. And I am playing on my own bassoon! Yay! I bought a new Fox 220 right around Christmas.
I LOVE it! How is New York? Are you playing or teaching out there?
David Witham





May 8 2008 4:31 PM

Sara,

Great to see you and Harris at the Standard!

dw
Edwin Livingston





Apr 19 2008 2:48 PM

Hello missy!!! How is NY treating you?
Just checking in.
peas,
E
ALMIGHTY OPP





Apr 18 2008 7:12 AM

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Apr 13 2008 1:16 AM

that show last night was jantastic. First braxton now jandek, you are on some seriously ill shit. I was glad to see you holding down the jazz front...I dont usually hear him with winds.
Michael Zerang





Apr 10 2008 4:13 PM

THANK YOU FOR THE ADD!!!
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Love from Chicago...
Phillip Greenlief





Apr 1 2008 12:14 AM

hey!

just got back from a northwest tour with lisa mezzacappa and jason levis - lisa and i talked about you of course...good things were said - she wants to hook up with you the next time she comes out to nyc.

i miss you and harry too! whathafuck? i was just out there and missed you guys...i was on the move, so sorry i didn't see you.

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let me know when you plan to head west again...it's been too long!!!!!!!

<3
pg
Sweet Hollywaiians





Mar 31 2008 5:24 PM


ALOHA!!
MattyD





Mar 31 2008 1:11 PM

I've been digging through all my old photos, got quite a few posted.

I'm not sure when I took that one. It's Temple Bar, maybe 2003.

I hope the East Coast is treating you well! We gotta catch up!

Love,
MattyDeelite
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Mar 31 2008 11:50 AM

Miss You!!
MattyD





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Mar 29 2008 12:45 PM

Thank you for