Jan Berry Baker "Baker"

Affiliation: Artist-Affiliate, Georgia State University
Artist - Affiliate, Emory University

Artist's Biography
Saxophonist Jan Berry Baker is a native of Alberta, Canada. As a soloist and chamber musician, she has performed throughout North America, France, Switzerland, Austria and the Czech Republic. She has won top prizes in numerous competitions including the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, the North American Saxophone Alliance Concerto Competition and the Johann Strauss Society competition. As an orchestral saxophonist, she regularly performs with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Grant Park Orchestra, Chicago Philharmonic and the Peninsula Music Festival Orchestra and has been featured as a concerto soloist with orchestras in both Canada and the United States. Baker has been broadcast in recital on CBC radio and WFMT Chicago and has commissioned and premiered works by numerous composers, including John A. Lennon, Joel Pucket, M. William Karlins, William Bolcom, Mischa Zupko, Mark Engebretson, James Mattheson, and Andr Ducret.

As an educator, Dr. Baker has been an Artist-Affiliate at Emory University since 2006 and Artist-Faculty at Georgia State University since 2008. Previous teaching engagements include Artist-Teacher at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University from 2002 until 2008, lecturer at Northwestern University from 1999 until 2007 and Visiting Assistant Professor of Saxophone at the University of Alberta from 1998-1999. Her principal teachers include Frederick L. Hemke, William H. Street, and Barbara Lorenz and she holds a Doctor of Music degree in saxophone performance from Northwestern University. Jan Baker is a Selmer performing artist and plays exclusively on Selmer Paris saxophones.

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E-mail Address: janbaker@gsu.edu
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