Robert Hart Baker

Background

Baker, Robert Hart was born on March 19, 1954 in Bronxville, New York, United States. Son of Lee and Jeanne (Sacher) Baker.

Education

Diploma in Oboe Academie International, Nice, France, 1970. Diploma in Conducting Mozarteum Conservatory, Salzburg, Austria, 1971. Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Harvard College,1974.

Master of Music, Yale University, 1976, M of Museum Arts, 1978, Doctorate Museum Arts, Yale University, 1987.

Music director and conductor Bach Society Orchestra, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972-1974, Connecticut Philharmonic Orchestra, Greenwich, 1974-1984. Music director, conductor New York Youth Symphony, New York, 1977-1981, Danbury (Connecticut) Little Symphony, 1979-1981, Putnam Symphony Orchestra, Brewster, New York, 1979-1981, Asheville (North Carolina) Symphony Orchestra, 1981, York (Pennsylvania) Symphony, 1983.

Assistant conductor Festival of Two Worlds, Spoleto, Italy, 1979-1984. Member of faculty choral singing State University of New York, Purchase, 1977-1978, oboe Horace Mann School, 1979-1981.

Faculty U. North Carolina, Asheville, 1981-1983, 87 Southern Illinois University, 1986-1990.

Conductor Saint Louis Philharmonic Orchestra, 1982. Guest conductor Brevard Music Center, Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra, Chattanooga Symphony, South Carolina. Chamber Orchestra, Cullowhee Music Festival Orchestra, Flagstaff Symphony, Arizona, Pusan Symphony, of Korea, Radio City Music Hall Orchestra, New York City, Billings Symphony, Montana, Symphonic Orchestra Zurich, Switzerland.

Career

Assistant condr; Composer: Tombling Day Songs, 1979 (for mezzo-soprano Betty Allen). Editor Record Review Magazine, 1978-1979.

Achievements

• Robert Hart Baker has been listed as a noteworthy conductor, composer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Connecticut Advocates for the Arts, New Haven, 1975-1985. Member American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (programming award 1981, 92), International Double Reed Society, American Institute Verdi Studies, International Platform Association, American Symphony Orchestra League, American Federation Musicians, Conductor"s Guild, Ernest Bloch Society, Gustav Mahler Society, Center for Beethoven Studies, Arnold Schoenberg Institute, Stamford Musicians Association, American Music Center, Composers Forum. Clubs: Harvard, Yale (New York City).

Interests

• Tennis, computer programming, foreign languages.

Connections

Married Barbra Duvall, January 13, 1990.

Father:

Lee Baker

Mother:

Jeanne (Sacher) Baker

Spouse:

Barbra Duvall