Robert A. Baker
composer
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WINGS AND ENGINES
for solo violin & orchestra
(excerpt from 2nd mvt.)
[] Selected for the 2007 CMC Ontario
Region Professional Readings Series
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recent news ...
March, 2013
International Choral Composition Competition
My choral work Respice exaudi me, Dominus Deus meus was named a finalist in the 2013 Simon Carrington Chamber Singers Choral Composition Competition.
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March, 2013
Two premieres at Spin/s: A Fluxus Festival

Two premieres took place during Anne Arundel Community College's month-long festival of contemporary art, celebrating Fluxus inspired creations. The first piece, Five Cycles, was a 5-day-long sound installation for fixed media, dispersed in the main stairwell of the arts building and ran continuously for the month of March. The second work, ... gravity - stillness ... for piano and live electronics, was performed by the composer on the faculty concert on March 8th. Sound and video will be posted soon!
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January, 2013
SCI Journal of music Scores to publish Valence III for oboe, cello and percussion in their forthcoming edition.
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17 November, 2012
SHARP EDGES CD launch & debut of NEWPRISM ENSEMBLE

Saturday, November 17th, 2012, at 2640 SPACE St Paul St, Baltimore, marked the launch of my new CD of recent solo and chamber music recorded by soloists and ensembles from Britain, Canada, and the U.S. Program included three pieces from the CD as well as works by Feldman and Grisey. Thanks to all for making it a brilliant night!
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January, 2012
Chanterelle-Verlag
publishes A Forge, and a Scythe
German guitar publisher
Chanterelle
releases their new
publication of one of my early
guitar solos,
A Forge, and a Scythe,
written for and
recorded by
Danielle Cumming.
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March 2011
England's Chiasmus Ensemble
features Valence II on new CD

Chiasmus Live 2010: Music for the Third Millennium released in the UK featuring Valence II, a Chiasmus commission, along with new works by composers from England and Wales. It's an honour; cheers, James!
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STRING QUARTET #1:
Releasing Anamnesis
(excerpt from 1st mvt.)
[] ISCM Canadian Section for World Music
Days 2010,
Sydney, Australia
[] Finalist in the 6th International Composition Competition, “Città di Udine” 2006, Italy
[] Canadian Contemporary Music Workshop,
2004
, Toronto, Canada
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SHARP EDGES
for chamber ensemble
(excerpt)
[] Selected for inclusion in
New Music Miami 2011 ISCM Festival
[] Written for the
St. Magnus Composers' Course 2009,
Kirkwall, Scotland
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CHAMBER CONCERTO #3: Time Fields
for 15 instrumentss
(excerpt)
[] Honourable Mention in Free Style
Competition 2010, London, England
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Watch the premiere of Valence IV from NEWPRISM ENSEMBLE's
debut concert, November 17, 2012, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Watch an excerpt from a recent lecture-recital given on
February 25, 2012, at the 42nd MA-CMS conference,
George Mason U, VA, USA.
Watch an excerpt of the premiere of Angle - Horizon - Resonance
for solo piano and live electronics on the New Music Salisbury series
at Salisbury U, MD, USA, performed by the composer, May 9, 2011
Watch the second performance by Chiasmus Ensemble of Valence II
at the Didsbury Arts Festival 2010, Manchester, England
VALENCE I
for solo piano
(excerpt)
[] Selected for inclusion in the 2010 Society of
Composers, Inc. National Conference
[] Selected for inclusion in the College Music Society 2009 Mid-Atlantic Composer’s Concert
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VALENCE II
for clarinet, violin, cello & piano
(excerpt)
[] York Spring New Music Festival, England,
[] Didsbury Arts Festival, Manchester, England
[] Selected for inclusion in FSU 15th Biennial
F
estival of New Music, Tallahasee, Florida
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on the COMPOSITIONS page