In 1980 Brenda Moats received a Master’s degree in flute performance from the University of Arizona where she was a student of Jean-Louis Kashy. While in Arizona she performed as principal flutist with the Arizona Opera Orchestra and Young Audiences of Southern Arizona (YASA) woodwind quartet. In 1975 Mrs. Moats received a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Regina. She has played flute and piccolo in the Regina Symphony and the Edmonton Wind Sinfonia.
As a soloist Mrs. Moats has perfomed in numerous concerts and recitals, and was featured as soloist with The Regina Symphony under the baton of guest conductor Arthur Fiedler in 1972.
Mrs. Moats has had extensive teaching experience as a teaching assistant at the University of Arizona, as a faculty member of the Regina Conservatory, and as an instructor at the Saskatchewan Summer School of the Arts, the Saskatoon Summer Band workshop and the Saskatchewan Band Association Workshop in Saskatoon.
Over the past number of years Brenda has regularly instructed at many additional flute clinics in the province including those conducted by the Saskatoon public and separate school systems. She has also served as an examiner for the Western Board of Music (now called Conservatory Canada) and as an adjudicator for the Saskatchewan Festival of Music and Unifest at the University of Saskatchewan.
Brenda has been the recipient of numerous awards and scholarships in Saskatchewan Music Festivals. A highlight of this was receiving first prize at the Canadian National Competitive Festival of Music in 1974.
Currently Brenda Moats lives in Saskatoon and is married with 2 grown children. She plays in the Saskatoon Symphony and teaches many flute and piccolo students.