Drew Baker is a Chicago-based composer and pianist. His compositional output exists primarily within the art music genre and includes works for standard instrumentations such as solo piano, chamber ensembles and orchestra as well as unusual groupings such as two pianos and water percussion, live and pre-recorded Thai Gong, and amplified piano. Baker’s compositions have been performed by The Talea Ensemble, The Group for Contemporary Music, Ensemble21, the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), the ai ensemble, Chicago Chamber Musicians and Ensemble Dal Niente. Performances of his works have taken place at venues such as the Festival d’Automne à Paris (IRCAM), The Guggenheim Museum New York (Works & Process Series), Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Zankel Hall, Pittsburgh’s Music on the Edge series, the Musica Nova Helsinki Festival, Music Gallery of Toronto, Music Harvest Festival in Denmark, and Montclair State University.
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Drew Baker is a Chicago-based composer and pianist. His compositional output exists primarily within the art music genre and includes works for standard instrumentations such as solo piano, chamber ensembles and orchestra as well as unusual groupings such as two pianos and water percussion, live and pre-recorded Thai Gong, and amplified piano. Baker’s compositions have been performed by The Talea Ensemble, The Group for Contemporary Music, Ensemble21, the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), the ai ensemble, Chicago Chamber Musicians and Ensemble Dal Niente. Performances of his works have taken place at venues such as the Festival d’Automne à Paris (IRCAM), The Guggenheim Museum New York (Works & Process Series), Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Zankel Hall, Pittsburgh’s Music on the Edge series, the Musica Nova Helsinki Festival, Music Gallery of Toronto, Music Harvest Festival in Denmark, and Montclair State University.