Robert A. Baker
composer
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“… what we can see through the eyes is very limited, much more limited than what we can hear.”
– Karlheinz Stockhausen: From an interview with Lara Lee
for Perfect Sound Forever, online music magazine (January 1999)
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 ...
November, 2011
New York City's Orchestra of Our Time to record Valence III
Selected in their 2011 Call for Scores, Valence III for oboe, cello and percussion will be recorded by New York City's long time champion of new music Orchestra of our Time. Thanks to Joel Thome and all those at OooT - really looking forward to it!
August & March, 2011
Recording sessions at Salisbury University
Nor gates of steel so strong, but Time decays? for solo piano & Valence IV for six players recorded at SU's fabulous new recording studio. These tracks will feature on my forthcoming CD to be released
in the 2011/12 season. Listen.
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!
January 2011
MSAC Individual Artist Award in Classical Music Composition
I was one of ten composers selected by the Maryland State Arts Council, and one of four
to receive a top prize,
for Classical Music Composition. Thank you, MSAC!
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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
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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 an excerpt of the premiere of Angle - Horizon - Resonance for solo piano and live electronics on the New Music Salisbury series at SU 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
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estival of New Music, Tallahasee, Florida
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You can access more of my music
on the COMPOSITIONS page