Cornish College of the Arts has named
Tom Baker, DMA, the interim chair of
the Music Department. Dr. Baker began
as interim chair on Jan. 1. He has been
a faculty member in the department
since 2011 teaching composition, music
theory, electronic music and inter-arts at
the College. Baker received his doctorate
in composition in 1996 (Doctor of Musical Arts) from the University
of Washington. He also holds a master’s degree in classical guitar performance from Arizona State University and a bachelor’s degree from Boise State University. Before coming to Cornish, he taught composition and music theory for 13 years at the University of Washington. For more information contact rjones@cornish.edu.