Jenny Oaks Baker
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Jenny Oaks Baker is an accomplished professional violinist and a first violinist in the National Symphony Orchestra.
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[edit] Music Career
Jenny first began playing the violin at age four. She made her solo debut at the age of eight.
She won the Concerto Soloists National Young Artists String Competition, National Music Camp Concerto Competition and the Utah Symphony Guild Competition. She was awarded in the Kingsville International String Competition. She was the recipient of the Michaelian Prize in the Irving M. Klein International String Competition.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in violin from Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, and later received a Master of Music degree from Juilliard School in New York City.
Since beginning her professional career, she debuted as a soloist in Carnegie at Carnegie Hall in the Easter Festival Concert and been a guest soloist with the Jerusalem Symphony, the San Diego Symphony, the Utah Symphony Orchestra, the Concerto Soloists Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, the Orchestra at Temple Square in Salt Lake City, and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
Most recently, Jenny was a featured soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra on December 8-11, 2005.
Jenny professional work includes an active recording career. Her solo albums have been highly awarded by the Faith Centered Music Association.
[edit] Personal Life
Jenny was born in 1975. She is the daughter of Dallin H. Oaks and the late June Oaks. Jenny is an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Jenny currently lives in Northern Virginia with her husband, Matthew Baker, and has three daughters and one son; Laura June, Hannah Jean, Sarah Noelle and Matthew Dallin.
[edit] Published Works
[edit] Albums
- 1998: On Wings of Song
- 1999: Songs My Mother Taught Me
- 2000: Where Love Is
- 2001: American Tapestry (a collaboration with pianist Jenny Richards)
- 2003: The Light Divine
- 2005: The Best of Jenny Oaks Baker
[edit] Sheet Music
- The Jenny Oaks Baker Violin Collection, Vol. 1
- The Jenny Oaks Baker Violin Collection, Vol. 2
