Jenny Oaks Baker is an accomplished professional violinist and a first violinist in the National Symphony Orchestra.

Music Career

Jenny first began playing the violin at age four. She first performed 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. The Curtis Institute of Music is a music school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that offers courses of study leading to a performance Diploma, Bachelor of Music, Master of Music in Opera and Professional Studies Certificate in Opera. ... The Juilliard School is a performing arts conservatory in New York City, informally but definitively identified as simply Juilliard, and most famous for its musically-trained alumni. ...

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. Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in New York City located at 57th Street and 7th Avenue. ... The Utah Symphony Orchestra is a symphony orchestra located in Salt Lake City, Utah. ... The Orchestra at Temple Square was created in 1999 under the direction of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church; see also Mormon) Church President Gordon B. Hinckley as part of the creative initiative to continually strengthen and expand the capabilities of the LDS Church music... The Mormon Tabernacle Choir in the Salt Lake Tabernacle. ...

Jenny professional work includes an active recording career. Her solo albums have been highly awarded by the Faith Centered Music Association.

Personal Life

Jenny was born in 1975. She is the daughter of Dallin H. Oaks and the late June Oaks. Dallin H. Oaks Dallin Harris Oaks (born August 12, 1932) was born in Provo, Utah. ...

Jenny currently lives in Virginia with her husband, Matthew Baker, in Northern Virginia and has three daughters, Laura June, Hannah Jean, and Sarah Noelle.

Published Works

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

Sheet Music

• The Jenny Oaks Baker Violin Collection, Vol. 1
• The Jenny Oaks Baker Violin Collection, Vol. 2

References

Jenny Oaks Baker Official Website.

Kennedy Center (2005). "Biographical Information for Jenny Oaks Baker".