George C. Baker

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George C. Baker
Born (1951-06-09) June 9, 1951 (age 74)
Dallas, Texas, United States
EducationUniversity of Texas
Southwestern Medical School
Cox School of Business
Alma materSouthern Methodist University
Occupations
  • Organist
  • composer
  • pedagogue
  • dermatologist

George C. Baker (born June 9, 1951, in Dallas, Texas) is an American organist, composer, pedagogue, and dermatologist. [1]

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Biography

Baker received his first musical instruction at age four. In 1961, he began to take organ lessons with Philip Eldridge Baker, organist at Highland Park Methodist Church in Dallas. He completed his organ studies with Robert T. Anderson at Southern Methodist University in Dallas in 1973 with a Bachelor's degree in Music. In 1969, he won the Regional Competition, and, in 1970, the National Organ Competition of the American Guild of Organists in Buffalo, NY. [2]

Additional organ studies in France followed with Marie-Claire Alain, André Marchal, Pierre Cochereau, and Jean Langlais. In 1974, Baker won the Grand Prix de Chartres in organ performance. [3] A year later, he obtained a Diplôme de Virtuosité from the Schola Cantorum in Paris, and, in 1977, a Master of Music from the University of Florida. He graduated with a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Michigan in 1979 and joined the faculty of the Catholic University in Washington, D.C. The same year, he won a first prize at the International Organ Improvisation Competition in Lyon. His recordings include the complete organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach and Louis Vierne (along with Pierre Cochereau), as well as the world premiere recording of the organ compositions of Darius Milhaud, which was awarded two Grand Prix du Disque. [4]

In addition to his musical career, Baker obtained an MD from University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas in 1987 and began to practice medicine in 1991, after an internship in Internal medicine and Dermatology until his retirement in 2021. [5] In 1996, he entered the Executive MBA program at Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University, in Dallas, where he graduated with an Master of Business Administration in 1998.

Baker was lecturer in Organ Improvisation at Rice University, Houston until his retirement in 2021. In November 2021, he was appointed as adjunct associate professor of Organ at SMU Meadows School of the Arts. [6]

Compositions

Organ Solo

Organ and other instruments

Choral

Transcriptions

Discography

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ http://music.rice.edu/facultybios/baker.shtml Archived June 4, 2017, at the Wayback Machine Website and biography of George Baker at Rice University. Accessed October 12, 2025.
  2. ↑ http://music.rice.edu/facultybios/baker.shtml Archived June 4, 2017, at the Wayback Machine Website and biography of George Baker at Rice University. Accessed October 12, 2025.
  3. ↑ https://www.orgues-chartres.org/concours-1974/?lang=en Winners of the Grand Prix de Chartres 1974. Accessed October 12, 2025.
  4. ↑ http://music.rice.edu/facultybios/baker.shtml Archived June 4, 2017, at the Wayback Machine Website and biography of George Baker at Rice University. Accessed October 12, 2025.
  5. ↑ Introduction by the Author, in George Baker, Organ Improvisation: A Workbook of Ideas and Exercises Leading to New Musical Creations (Dallas, TX: Baroque Notes, Inc., 2022), 9.
  6. ↑ https://www.smu.edu/Meadows/NewsAndEvents/News/2021/DrGeorgeBakerOrganAndDermatologist Announcement by Caitlin Drott on the SMU Meadows School of the Arts website, November 22, 2021. Accessed October 12, 2025.
  7. ↑ Baker, George. Organ Improvisation: A Workbook of Ideas and Exercises Leading to New Musical Creations (ePublication). Dallas, TX: Baroque Notes, Inc., 2022, 153–161.
  8. ↑ Baker, George. Organ Improvisation: A Workbook of Ideas and Exercises Leading to New Musical Creations (ePublication). Dallas, TX: Baroque Notes, Inc., 2022, 17.
  9. ↑ Baker, George. Organ Improvisation: A Workbook of Ideas and Exercises Leading to New Musical Creations (ePublication). Dallas, TX: Baroque Notes, Inc., 2022, 18–20.
  10. ↑ Baker, George. Organ Improvisation: A Workbook of Ideas and Exercises Leading to New Musical Creations (ePublication). Dallas, TX: Baroque Notes, Inc., 2022, 23–26.
  11. ↑ Baker, George. Organ Improvisation: A Workbook of Ideas and Exercises Leading to New Musical Creations (ePublication). Dallas, TX: Baroque Notes, Inc., 2022, 28–31.
  12. ↑ Baker, George. Organ Improvisation: A Workbook of Ideas and Exercises Leading to New Musical Creations (ePublication). Dallas, TX: Baroque Notes, Inc., 2022, 35–38.
  13. ↑ Baker, George. Organ Improvisation: A Workbook of Ideas and Exercises Leading to New Musical Creations (ePublication). Dallas, TX: Baroque Notes, Inc., 2022, 66–72.
  14. ↑ Baker, George. Organ Improvisation: A Workbook of Ideas and Exercises Leading to New Musical Creations (ePublication). Dallas, TX: Baroque Notes, Inc., 2022, 79–95.
  15. ↑ Baker, George. Organ Improvisation: A Workbook of Ideas and Exercises Leading to New Musical Creations (ePublication). Dallas, TX: Baroque Notes, Inc., 2022, 100–111.
  16. ↑ Baker, George. Organ Improvisation: A Workbook of Ideas and Exercises Leading to New Musical Creations (ePublication). Dallas, TX: Baroque Notes, Inc., 2022, 150–151.
  17. ↑ Baker, George. Organ Improvisation: A Workbook of Ideas and Exercises Leading to New Musical Creations (ePublication). Dallas, TX: Baroque Notes, Inc., 2022, 210–213.
  18. ↑ Baker, George. Organ Improvisation: A Workbook of Ideas and Exercises Leading to New Musical Creations (ePublication). Dallas, TX: Baroque Notes, Inc., 2022, 255–256.
  19. ↑ Transcription for two organists (one organ) of the chorale movement from J. S. Bach’s Cantata 80, based on Martin Luther’s hymn, Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott.
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