Baker's piano music has been performed by Amy Briggs, Jenny Q Chai, and Lisa Kaplan, and was recorded by Marilyn Nonken on New Focus Recordings in 2011.Baker earned a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from the Eastman School of Music, a Master of Music in Composition from Rice University, and a Doctor of Music in Composition from Northwestern University. His composition teachers have included Karim Al-Zand, Shih-Hui Chen, Jason Eckardt, Marti Epstein, and Augusta Read Thomas. Powered by Squarespace