Background
Baker grew up in Brisbane, Australia, completing a Bachelor of Music (1st class honours and University Medal) from The University of Queensland in composition and piano.
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After completing a Doctor of Philosophy in composition at The University of York, United Kingdom, Baker spent six years (2001-2007) working as pianist and musical director of Australian vocal group, The Ten Tenors.
Career
He has worked on albums and projects for a wide range of artists over the years, including Katherine Jenkins, Joe McElderry, Alfie Boe, Russell Watson, Noah Stewart, Laura Wright, Paul Potts, Hayley Westenra, Rolando Villazón, Lesley Garrett, The Priests, Gary Barlow,, Will Martin, Faryl Smith, Friar Alessandro, Julian Ovenden, Toni Braxton, Neal East. Boyd and The Ten Tenors. He toured extensively with the ensemble all over the world, particularly in the United States of America and Europe, performing an estimated 1500 shows with them. Baker settled permanently in the United Kingdom in 2007 and has been working as a record producer, arranger and orchestrator since then
One of those albums, Classic, peaked at number 2 in the United Kingdom Albums Chart in mid-2011 and stayed in the top 5 for five weeks.
Several of his produced tracks appeared on Gary Barlow"s European Parliament album, Sing, which spent two weeks at number 1 in the United Kingdom Albums chart in mid-2012. He also co-produced the debut album of tenor, Noah Stewart, which spent four weeks at number 1 in the United Kingdom Classical Albums Chart in early 2012 and was nominated for "Album of the Year" at the 2012 Classic Brit Awards.
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