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Brenda Portman - organist, COMPOSER

Brenda Portman - organist, COMPOSERBrenda Portman - organist, COMPOSERBrenda Portman - organist, COMPOSER

The below calendars include my own professional engagements (left side) as well as others' performances of my music (right side).  If you or anyone you know is performing one of my compositions, please let me know so I can add it to my calendar!

Calendar - 2025

January: Adjudicator for University of Notre Dame Liturgy Alive Composition Competition 

Feb 8: Panelist for AGOYO LIVE 25 Virtual Conference

Mar 11: Solo Organ Recital at First Presbyterian Church, Edmonton, AB

    Works by Bach, Jongen, Laurin, Portman, and Farrington

Mar 23: Solo Organ Recital at Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY 

    Works by Laurin, Portman, and Farrington 

May 17: Organist & Pianist for Springfield Symphony Orchestra concert, Springfield, OH

June 18: Solo Organ Recital for AAM convention at Christ Church Cathedral, Cincinnati, OH

    Works by Litaize, Scheidt, Mulet, Cooman, and Portman

June 19: PREMIERE of Psalm-Sonata No. 2 for AAM convention at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Covington, KY; Brenda Portman, organist

Aug 10: Solo Organ Recital at First United Methodist Church, Midland, MI

Sept 27: Adjudicator for Albert Schweitzer Organ Competition, Hartford, CT

Oct 20: Solo Organ Recital at Grace Lutheran Church, River Forest, IL

Jan 24: Performance of Aspects of Light at University Christian Church, Fort Worth, TX; Martin Ellis, organist

Jan 25: Performance of Aspects of Light at Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, VA; 

JanEl Will, organist

Jan 26: Performance of Prelude and Tarantelle at Metropolitan United Church, Toronto, ON; Amanda Mole, organist

Feb 2: Performance of Spiritus at Hyde Park Community UMC, Cincinnati, OH; 

Brad Schultz, organ, and Benjamin Yates, trombone

Feb 7: Performance of Fantasy on Ubi caritas at Emmanuel Church Wylde Green, Birmingham, UK; Anthony Gritten, organist

Feb 16: Performance of Diptych at Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA; 

Vince Ryan, organist

Feb 21: Performance of Prelude and Tarantelle at Christ UMC in Greensboro, NC; 

Amanda Mole, organist

Mar 19: Performance of Fantasy on Ubi caritas at Blackburn Cathedral, Lancashire, UK; Anthony Gritten, organist

Mar 23: Performance of Nativity Tapestries at Trinity Church, Michigan City, IN; 

Jennet Ingle, oboist

Mar 26: Performance of Toccata from Partita on "Christ ist erstanden" at Galloway UMC, Jackson, MS; Elizabeth Harwell Goff, organist

Mar 30: PREMIERE of Three Sketches on Welsh Hymn Tunes at Hyde Park Community UMC, Cincinnati, OH; Clive-Driskill-Smith, organ, and Joseph Gramley, percussion

Apr 9: Performance of Nativity Tapestries at Merriman's Playhouse, South Bend, IN; 

Jennet Ingle, oboist

May 18: PREMIERE of Leave This World a Better Place with the Cathedral Choir at Hyde Park Community UMC, Cincinnati, OH; Ben Owen, conducting

May 18: PREMIERE of Seascapes at Hyde Park Community UMC, Cincinnati, OH; 

Vince Ryan, organ, and Melissa Freilich, flute

June 13: Performance of Nativity Tapestries for IDRS conference, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN; S. Blake Duncan, oboist

June 13: Performance of Monument at Plainfield UMC, Plainfield, IN; Martin Ellis, organist

July 20: Performance of Diptych at St. Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA; Wyatt Smith, organist

Sept 14: PREMIERE of Kettering Fanfare at Christ Church UM, Kettering, OH; Danielle Neal, organist

Oct TBD: PREMIERE of Ceremonial Suite at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Largo, FL

Calendar - 2024

Jan 11: Solo Organ Recital at Christ Church Glendale (Chapel of the Holy Spirit), Cincinnati, OH

January: Adjudicator for University of Notre Dame Liturgy Alive Composition Competition 

Jan 29: Workshop presenter for Cincinnati AGO: "Registration on Small Organs"

Feb 25: Solo Organ Recital at Advent Lutheran Church, Melbourne, FL 

Mar 3: Pre-Evensong Organ Recital at Christ Church Cathedral, Cincinnati, OH 

Apr 20-21: Organ Soloist with the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra at Hyde Park Community UMC, Cincinnati and Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption, Covington, KY

Apr 28: PREMIERE of Improvisation on "Laudes Domini" and "Te Deum Laudamus" and Prelude on "Penitentia", Brenda Portman, organist 

May 10: Joint organ recital presenting new Augsburg organ collection at Hyde Park Community UMC including the premieres of two pieces on Kingsfold, two on Rustington, and two on Schmucke dich: organists: Brenda Portman, Daniel Grotz, John Deaver 

June 28 & July 1: Member of jury for National Competition in Organ Improvisation (semifinals and finals), Trinity-St. Peter's Episcopal Church, San Francisco, CA 

Oct 6: Solo Organ Recital at Calvary UMC, Frederick, MD

Oct 8: Solo Organ Recital at Redeemer Lutheran Church, Hinsdale, IL

Oct 20: Solo Organ Recital at Cathedral of the Madeleine, Salt Lake City, UT

Oct 27: Organist for performance of Rebecca Dale's Materna Requiem; Trevor Kroeger, conductor

October: Adjudicator for 2026 Pogorzelski-Yankee Composition Competition

Nov 22: Organist for dedication of new organ at Xavier University (Bellarmine Chapel)

Feb 12: PREMIERE of Spiritus at St. Stephens Episcopal Church, Belvedere, CA; 

Benjamin Yates, trombone, and Brad Schultz, organ

Feb 18: PREMIERE of Prelude on "Love Unknown" at AGO members' recital, The Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea, Palm Beach, FL (1st place winner of Palm Beach AGO composition contest); Stuart Forster, organist

Feb 26: Organ Studio Recital at Indiana University, devoted to the music of Brenda Portman -- Auer Hall, Bloomington, IN; students of Chris Young, organists

Mar 1: PREMIERE of Fanfare, Chorale, and Exultation and Moto perpetuo (Für Elisa) at Village Presbyterian Church, Prairie Village, KS; Elisa Bickers, organist

Mar 5: Performance of Improvisation on "Grosser Gott," Meditation on "Peace Like a River," Prelude on "Deo Gracias", and Fanfare-Rondeau on "Victory" at Trinity Episcopal Church, Tulsa, OK; 

Ann Boelzner, organist

Mar 10: Performance of four Variants on "Wondrous Love" at Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA; Emily Ballentine Erb, organist

Apr 28: PREMIERE of The heavens declare the glory of God at Plum Street Temple, Cincinnati, OH; Cincinnati Camerata with Ben Owen, director

Apr 28:  PREMIERE of My Shepherd Will Supply My Need with the Cathedral Choir at Hyde Park Community UMC, Cincinnati, OH, Ben Owen, conducting

June 28: PREMIERE of Scherzo at semifinals of NCOI, Trinity-St. Peter's Episcopal Church, San Francisco, CA (multiple organists)

Oct 3 & 4: Performances of Fanfare for the Nations at Castle Church, Wittenberg, and Moritzkirche, Halle, Germany; Vincent M. Ryan, organ, and Keith Christian, trumpet

Oct 18: Performance of Fanfare, Chorale, and Exultation at Boston Ave Methodist Church, Tulsa, OK; Kola Owolabi, organist

Oct 21: Performance of Scherzo at University of Texas at Austin; Gregory Eaton, organist

Dec 4, 11, & 18: PREMIERE of Nativity Tapestries at Faith Lutheran Church, O'Fallon, IL; Rev. S. Blake Duncan, oboist

Dec 7 & 8: PREMIERE of O'er the Distant Mountains for Advent Vespers at Hyde Park Community UMC and Church of the Saviour UMC, Cincinnati, OH


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