Contact/personal information:

-Eric Baker

-ertbaker@indiana.edu

-720 S. College Mall rd. N12

Bloomington, IN 47401

(586)719-7526

Education

-Bachelor’s in clarinet performance, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI

Studied with: Dr. Kimberly Cole-Luevano, Sandra Jackson and Shannon Orme (DSO bass clarinet)

-Currently working on Master’s in clarinet performance at Indiana University

Studying with: Professor Howard Klug

Accomplishments:

Undergrad: Barry Manilow Scholarship competition winner (2008), winner of the William Stewart solo competition (2010), Featured soloist with the EMU Symphonic Band (2011), Selected performer for the EMU Undergraduate Symposium (2011), winner of the Concerto and Aria competition (2011), Featured soloist with the EMU Symphony Orchestra (2012), Principal clarinet of the EMU Symphony Orchestra (2010-2012), Principal clarinet EMU Wind Symphony (2010-2012), Principal clarinet of the EMU Clarinet Choir.

Graduate: Principal clarinet of the IU University Orchestra, Principal clarinetist of the IU Chamber Orchestra, Recorded with the IU chamber Orchestra on Naxos record label (Romeo and Juliet- Diamond).

Extracurricular:

Pre-Bachelor’s degree, studied with Dr. George Stoffan of Oakland University

Performed at Vandoren Clarinet festival MSU (2011)

Performed in Masterclass at OU (2012)

Mittenthal young artist competition- Chicago, IL (2012)

Major solo works performed:

X concerto (Scott McAllister)/ Premiere Rhapsody (Debussey)/ Spohr clarinet concertos 1,2 and 4/ Weber clarinet concertos 1 and 2/ Weber Grand duo concertant/ Malcolm Arnold’s sonatina/ Adagio and Tarantella (cavallini)/ Cahuzac’s sonatine/ Time Pieces (Muczynski)/ Sonata for flute transcribed for clarinet (Prokofiev)/ Mozart clarinet concerto.

Major Orchestral works performed:

Nutcracker Ballet (Tchaikovsky)/ Firebird Ballet (stravinsky)/ Swan Lake Ballet (Tchaikovsky)/ Brahms symphonies 1-4/ Beethoven symphonies 7 and 8/ Capriccio Espagnol (Rimsky Korsakov)/ The golden cockerel suite (Korsakov)/ Firebird Suite (Stravinsky)/ Mendelssohn 4/ Shostakovich 10/ Tchaikovsky 4 and 5/ Copland Rodeo and simple gifts/ Borodin Polovetsian Dances/ Verdi La Forza del Destino.

Major chamber works performed:

Brahms trio for clarinet, cello and piano/ Poulenc sextet/ Mozart serenade in Bb/ Prokofiev quintet for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola and bass.