Kent Baker

Name:	Kent Baker
Location:	Poultney, VT United States 05764
Contact:	Cell phone: (802) 287-1066. Send Kent Baker a message

Additional Info:	Over 30 years of accompanying and coaching experience. B.M., Breaky Scholarship, Crane School of Music, SUNY, Potsdam, NY. Adjunct Faculty, Castleton State College, Castleton, VT. Organist/Music Director, St. Raphael's and St. Anne's Catholic Churches, Poultney and Middletown Springs, VT. Music Director/Pianist, EnerJazz Big Band, Brandon, VT. Served as accompanist for Brock McElheran (author of Conducting Techniques; Director of Choral Activites, both Crane School of Music and Saratoga-Potsdam Choral Institute). Collegiate work included accompanying Zubin Mehta and Franz Allers. Other notable collaborators include Robert DeCormier, Robert Russell, Don Besig and Francois Clemmons. Experienced music director, rehearsal accompanist and vocal coach for many productions. Equally adept accompanying and coaching both vocalists and instrumentalists. Extensive repertoire. Skills include sight-reading and transposition, for an additional fee to be negotiated. Have accompanied many at the last-minute. Musical nerves of steel. Extensive experience preparing students for successful auditions. In my second decade as tenor voice and piano adjudicator for the New England Music Festival Association. Past scholarship adjudicator, Vermont Music Educators Association. In addition to classical music and Broadway shows, equally experienced with popular music and jazz. Willing to travel, fee negotiable.
Fees:	$ 45.00 Dollars Per Hour Additional fees for recitals and travel are negotiable based upon services required and distance. Multiple hour packages negotiable.
Instruments:	Piano, Organ, Harpsichord, Electric Keyboards
Additional Specialisms:	Early Music, Contemporary Music, Jazz, Improvisation, Instrumental Accompaniment, Vocal Accompaniment, Vocal Répétiteur, Musical Theatre, Musical Direction

Kent Baker

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