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2016

3 December. West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge University.
[SOLO] Prokofiev Piano Concerto no. 2. 
with Cambridge University Music Society Symphony Orchestra

30 November. Clare Chapel Lates.
[HARPSICHORD] Improvisation with Tommy Davis and Gordon Fitzell, during Revolution Ensemble's November UK tour. 

4 November. Vancouver Art Gallery. 
​[SOLO] Recital at Out for Lunch Concert Series. 

22, 27, & 29 October. St Michaels Church, Chiswick.
[PIANO & ASSISTANT MUSIC DIRECTOR] Wagner's Parsifal with Elemental Opera.
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8 October. Jesus College Chapel. 
[PIANO & DIRECTOR] Frederic Rzewski's Coming Together
with Sasha Amaya

12-14 September. Faculty of Music, University of Oxford.
[LECTURE] Presentation at Making Time in Music. 

7 September. Peterborough Cathedral. 
[PIANO] Art song by Fauré and Eisler with baritone Robbie Haylett
30 January. Trinity College Chapel. 8 PM.
[CONDUCTOR] Mozart's Idomeneo 

July-August.  Toronto Summer Music Festival.
[PIANO] Chamber Music Institute.

26 June. Thirkill Room, Clare College.
[CURATOR] THE USES OF UTOPIA: an interdisciplinary symposium and celebration for the 500th anniversary of Thomas More's Utopia.

12 June. Lee Hall, Wolfson College. 
[SOLO] Annual Mary Bevan Recital: works by Alexina Louie and Maurice Ravel.

6-8 May. University of Brandon (Manitoba). 
[SOLO] Eckhardt-Gramatté Competition for Canadian and Contemporary Music.

3 May. West Road Concert Hall. Cambridge University Lunchtime Concerts. 1 PM.
[PIANO] Schumann Piano Quartet Op. 47.

31 January. Clare College Chapel. 5 PM. 
[PIANO] Brahms Violin Sonata no. 1 with Nicholas Bleisch

6 February. Jesus College Master's Lodge. 530 PM.
[SOLO] Silent Film Night. Performing new films scores by Gary Rushton to Buster Keaton films. 

12 February. West Road Concert Hall. 730 PM.
[CONDUCTOR] CCMS Lent Term Concert. Conducting Elgar Cello Concerto with Joel Sandelson.

14 February. Old Library, Emmanuel College. 9 PM.
[PIANO] Schumann Piano Quartet Op. 47.

21 February. Old Library, Pembroke College. 9 PM.
[PIANO] Songs for Baritone and Chamber Ensemble: Ivor Gurney's The Western Playland with Robbie Haylett. 

3-5 March. Robinson College Cambridge. 730 PM.
[MUSIC DIRECTOR] Brickhouse Theatre Company & Iambe Company: Vanessa by Samuel Barber

25-26 April. Emmanuel College. 
[LECTURE-RECITAL] Presentation at Performing Knowledge Conference. 

30 April. Bateman Auditorium, Gonville and Caius College. GCMS Recital Series. 12 PM.
[PIANO] Vocal recital with Claudia Brown.
 
1 May. Clare College Chapel. 5 PM.
[PIANO] Brahms Cello Sonata in F minor with Joel Sandelson. 

1 May. Old Library, Emmanuel College. ECMS Recital Series. 9 PM.
[SOLO] Works by Jean Coulthard, Sophia Gubaidulina, Alexina Louie, and Olivier Messiaen. 

2 May. Old Library, Pembroke College. Pembroke Lieder Scheme Showcase. 6 PM.
[PIANO] Art song by Brahms, Chausson, Fauré, Ives, and Schumann with Judith Lebiez. 
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2015

December 6 2015.
Recital with Nicholas Bleisch
Old Library, Pembroke College
Cambridge​

November 14 2015.

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto no. 2
with the Falcon Ensemble

West Road Concert Hall
Cambridge

​October 17 2015.
Recital with Judith Lebiez (mezzo) and Cecilia Bailey (soprano)
Jesus College Chapel
Cambridge

​July 2015.
Collaborative Piano Residency
Banff Centre for the Arts
Banff, Alberta

June 19, 2015. 5 PM & 8 PM. 
CCMS Opera: Charpentier's ACTEON
Naomi Woo, Music Director; Sasha Amaya, Director
Clare College Chapel
Cambridge

June 16, 2015.
Ravel Piano Concerto in G Major with CUCO
Graham Ross, Conductor
St. John's May Ball
Cambridge

May 5, 2015. 1.10 PM.
Cambridge University Lunchtime Concerts: solo recital
West Road Concert Hall
Cambridge

April 28, 2015. 1.10 PM.
Cambridge University Lunchtime Concerts: Bartok's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste
with the Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra
West Road Concert Hall
Cambridge

April 10-12, 2015. Time TBA.
“The practicality of the impossible”: difficulty in musical performance
Performance/Lecture for the 2nd Biennial Performance Philosophy Conference
Chicago

April 9, 2015. 7 PM.
Solo recital at Spectrum, NYC.
Spectrum (121 Ludlow)
New York, NY

April 2, 2015. 8 PM.
Final Degree Recital
Works by Haydn, Ravel and Schumann
Salle Claude-Champagne
Montreal 

January 17, 2015. 7.30 PM.
Travel to Italy: works by Bach, Liszt and Benjamin Woo
West Point Grey United Church
Vancouver
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January 16, 2014. Noon.
Out for Lunch Series: piano music with Benjamin Woo
Vancouver Art Gallery
Vancouver


2014

December 8, 2014. 7.30 PM.
Concert de Classe: Étudiants de Marc Durand
Performing works by Bach and Liszt
Faculté de Musique, Université de Montréal, B-421
Montréal

December 8, 2014. 2.30 PM.
Récital Final: Toinon Lambert, Altiste
Schubert, Arpeggione Sonata
Shostakovich, Viola Sonata
Faculté de Musique, Université de Montréal 
Montréal

November 19, 2014. 7.30 PM.
Meditations on Memory: works by Ravel, Liszt and Alexina Louie
21 Shaftesbury Avenue
Toronto

May 19, 2014. 7:30 PM.
Images of Italy: works by Bach, Liszt and Berio
Old Combination Room
Trinity College
Cambridge

May 12, 2014. 1:10 PM.
Fragment 160: The Female Voice on Stage
Satie, Socrate; Britten, Phaedra; Susie Self, Spirit Wagon (world premiere)
Naomi Woo, conductor and pianist
Clare College Chapel
Cambridge

April 24, 2014. 2 PM.
Masterclass with Angela Hewitt
West Road Concert Hall
Cambridge

March 7, 2014. 8 PM.
Cecelia Incarnate: Vocal and Instrumental Works by Women Composers of the Seventeeth Century
with Alana Mailes, Soprano and Henry Stoll, Violin
Jesus College Chapel
Cambridge

March 2, 2014. 5 PM.
Clare College Chamber Music Competition Winner's Recital
Clare College Chapel
Cambridge

February 22, 2014.  Late.
pisces party: fish-themed music and fun
Private Home
Cambridge

February 11, 2014. 7:30 PM.
CCMS Lent Term Concert
conducting Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony
West Road Concert Hall
Cambridge

February 4, 2014. 1:10 PM.
Cambridge University Collegium Musicum, Concerti Grossi Concert
The Divinity School, St. John's College
Cambridge

February 3, 2014. 1:15 PM
Clare College Music Society Lunchtime Recitals
Reflections on the Baroque: Music by Brahms, Gubaidulina and Ravel
Clare College Chapel
Cambridge

January 26, 2014. 5 PM.
Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit
Clare College Chapel
Cambridge

January 19, 2014, 9 PM.
Emmanuel College Recital Series
Music by Canadian Women, with readings from Alice Munro
Emmanuel College
Cambridge



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2013

September 23, 2013, 8 PM.
Cantata Profana: of Time and Space and Nonsense
Morse/Stiles Underground
New Haven

September 24, 2013, 8 PM
Cantata Profana: of Time and Space and Nonsense
Galapagos Art Space in DUMBO, Brooklyn

Aug 10 & 11, 2013: Banff Festival Orchestra
Mahler (arr. Riehn), Kindertotenlieder ; Henze, L'Heure bleue; Debussy (arr. Schoenberg), Prelude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Rolston Recital Hall, Banff Centre for the Arts. 7:30 PM (MST)

Aug 1, 2013: Music for a Summer Evening
Sofia Gubaidulina, Chaconne ; Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue (for Trumpet and Piano) ; John Stevenson, Croatian Trio (for Trumpet, Flute and Piano)
Rolston Recital Hall, Banff Centre for the Arts. 7:30 PM (MST)

Aug 1, 2013: Rolston Interludes
Schumann, Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 with Clayton Maddox (Tuba)
Bentley Chamber Music Studio, Banff Centre for the Arts. 4:30 PM (MST)

July 29, 2013: Canmore Mondays
Assorted works for Brass and Piano
Canmore, AB. 8:00 PM (MST)

July 26, 2013: Music for a Summer Evening
Dvorak, Waldesruhe with Emma Schmiedecke (Cello)
Rolston Recital Hall, Banff Centre for the Arts.  7.30 PM (MST)

June 30 - July 19:
Collaborative Pianist, String and Wind Masterclasses
Banff Centre for the Arts

May 22, 2013
Cantata Profana debut concert in NYC
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn. 8 PM
www.cantataprofana.com

May 11, 2013
Recital with Scott Mello, Molly Netter and Jacob Ashworth
Schumann, Violin Sonata in A Minor
Messiaen, La mort du nombre
483 College Street, New Haven, 8 PM

May 4, 2013: St. Anthony Hall Centennial Concert
Selections from Debussy, Preludes Book II; Selected songs by Debussy and Stravinsky; Johannes Brahms,Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano
483 College Street, New Haven. 8 PM

May 3, 2013: Cantata Profana: Paris 1913/New Haven 1913
Igor Stravinsky, Trois Lyriques Japonaises; Claude Debussy, Trois Poèmes de Mallarmé; Maurice Ravel, Trois Poèmes de Mallarmé; Charles Ives, Selected Songs; Charles Ives, Set for Theater Orchestra
Off-Broadway Theater, New Haven.
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April 21, 2013: Solo Recital - Naomi Woo, Piano
Works by Handel, Gubaidulina, Ravel and Brahms
Sprague Hall, New Haven. 2 PM (EST)
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April 14, 2013: Collaborative Recital - Miki Sawada, Piano
Claude Debussy, En Blanc et Noir
Sprague Hall, New Haven. 2 PM (EST)
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April 10, 2013: St. Paul's of Norwalk Midday Music Series
Recital with Scott Mello, Tenor
Samuel Barber, Hermit Songs; works by Haydn, Ravel, Britten and Purcell.

February 10, 2013
Colin Brookes, Viola; Naomi Woo, Piano
York Bowen, Viola Sonata
Sprague Hall, New Haven. 8 PM (EST)

February 10, 2013
Leonard Chiang, Viola; Naomi Woo, Piano
Works by Bach, Piazzolla, and Bruch
Sudler Hall, New Haven. 5 PM (EST)

February 5, 2013: Schubert, Winterreise
Joshua Copeland, Baritone
Private House Concert

January 7 - 12, 2013
Chamber Music Rehearsals, NYC
Schoenberg Kammersymphonie Op. 9
Ravel Chansons Madécasses


2012

November 18, 2012
Beethoven Triple Concerto with the Vancouver Academy Symphony Orchestra
Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver. 7:30 PM (PST)
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May 18, 2012: Yale Symphony Orchestra, Commencement Concert
Chopin, Piano Concerto no. 1, piano soloist
Mozart, Sinfonia Concertante, conductor
Battell Chapel, New Haven. 8 PM (EST)

May 3, 2012: Chamber Music Competition Winners' Concert
Roger Smalley, Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano
with Ashley Smith (clarinet) and Leonard Chiang (viola)
Sprague Hall, New Haven. 8 PM (EST)
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April 27, 2012: Berkeley College Orchestra - Mozart Celebration
Mozart, Concert K. 466, Mvt I, soloist and conductor
Battell Chapel, New Haven.  8 PM (EST)

April 19, 2012: Yale Symphony Orchestra
Bach, Concerto no. 5 in F minor, soloist and conductor
Yale Club, NYC.  7:30 PM (EST)

March 31, 2012: Yale Symphony Orchestra
Bach, Concerto no. 5 in F minor, soloist and conductor
Yale Club, NYC.  7:30 PM (EST)

March 19, 2012: Solo Recital - Naomi Woo, Piano
Works by Beethoven, Haydn, Ravel, Bartok
Sprague Hall, New Haven. 2 PM (EST)

March 14, 2012: Solo Recital - Naomi Woo, Piano
Vancouver Women's Musical Society


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