Jeff Baker, DMA Professor of Music in Tuba and Euphonium
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Native Texan Jeff Baker joined the East Texas A&M faculty in 2009 and currently serves as Professor of Tuba/Euphonium and Graduate Program Coordinator for the School of Music. Dr. Baker received music degrees from the University of Oklahoma (BM) and the University of North Texas (MM and DMA). He has served as an adjunct instructor at the University of North Texas and Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma, and taught private lessons in the Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex for over 20 years.
Dr. Baker is Principal Tuba/Cimbasso for the Dallas Opera Orchestra and has performed with numerous ensembles including the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Dallas Winds, the Ft. Worth Symphony Orchestra, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (Australia), and the Utah Symphony/Utah Opera. He has participated in over twenty recording projects on the Dallas Opera, Ft. Worth Symphony, EPR, Klavier, Mark, and Naxos labels and performed as a featured soloist with a variety of groups, most notably the US Army Orchestra (Pershing’s Own) and as a concerto competition winner with the University of North Texas Symphonic Band.
In 2018, Dr. Baker received the H.M. Lafferty Distinguished Faculty Award, the highest research honor offered by East Texas A&M, and in 2019, he was recognized as a Global Fellow for his teaching, service and research endeavors in Brazil.
Dr. Baker serves as the Coordinator for Allen, Commerce, Dallas, Denton,and Ft. Worth TUBACHRISTMAS events. These annual holiday concerts involve over 750 tuba and euphonium players from the North Texas area, and total audience attendance numbers in the thousands.
Educational Background
- DMA, Tuba Performance, University of North Texas, 2012
- M.M., Tuba Performance, University of North Texas, 2005
- B.M., Tuba Performance, University of Oklahoma, 2003
Recordings
- Pictures at an Exhibition, Ft. Worth Symphony Orchestra, 2018
- Songs and Melodies From Youth: Works by Gustav Mahler, 2018
- Becoming Santa Claus, Dallas Opera, 2016
- Death and the Powers, Dallas Opera, 2014
Selected Performances
- Featured Soloist, V Encontro de Tubas e Euphonios Valmir Vieira, UFPB Brazil, November 2019
- Featured Soloist, ITEA South American Conference, Tatui Brazil, August 2018
- Featured Soloist, US Army Band Tuba/Euphonium Workshop, February 2016
- Principal Tuba/Cimbasso, Dallas Opera Orchestra, 2012-Present