Julius Baker (September 23, 1915 - August 8, 2003) was one of the foremost American orchestral flute players. He was well known as a teacher and served as a faculty member at the Juilliard School, Curtis Institute of Music, and Carnegie Mellon University. He made many recordings with conductors such as Bruno Walter and Leonard Bernstein, and was a member of the Cleveland Orchestra and a solo flautist with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and Columbia Symphony Orchestra. September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. ... The Juilliard School is recognized as one of the best performing arts conservatories in the world. ... 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. ... Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... Bruno Walter (September 15, 1876 - February 17, 1962) was a German-born conductor and composer. ... Leonard Bernstein in 1971 Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American composer, pianist and conductor. ... The Cleveland Orchestra is one of the major symphony orchestras in the United States. ... The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is one of the major orchestras in the United States. ... The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, based in Chicago, Illinois, is one of the leading orchestras in the world. ... The New York Philharmonic is the oldest active symphony orchestra in the United States. ... The Columbia Symphony Orchestra is, (or was) an orchestra formed by the recording company Columbia, and provided a vehicle for some of their better known recording artists, with perhaps the most important contributions made by the conductor Bruno Walter, who made recordings of Beethoven and Mozart symphonies, amongst others, with...

As a teacher, Baker's influence spread far beyond his students at Juilliard and Curtis through his Master classes as well as his recordings of standard repertoire and those he made with the New York Philharmonic. Among his most famous pupils are Paula Robison, a well-known soloist and chamber musician who is now on the faculty of the New England Conservatory; Jeffrey Khaner, currently principal flute of the Philadelphia Orchestra, also for a period principal flute of the Cleveland Orchestra, on the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music; Gary Schocker, a flute soloist and composer; Jeanne Baxtresser, who succeeded him as principal flutist of the New York Philharmonic and recently retired to devote herself to teaching; Anne Diener Zentner (formerly Giles), principal flute of the Los Angeles Philharmonic; Anne Briggs, a noted baroque flutist and busy free-lance musician in New York. The Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra performing in Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music. ... The Philadelphia Orchestra, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is one of the Big Five symphony orchestras in the United States and usually considered among the finest in the world. ... The Cleveland Orchestra is one of the major symphony orchestras in the United States. ... 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 New York Philharmonic is the oldest active symphony orchestra in the United States. ... The Los Angeles Philharmonic is an orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, USA. From 1964 to 2003, the orchestra played its concerts in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Los Angeles Music Center. ... Anne Briggs 1973 album Sing a Song For You Anne Patricia Briggs (born 1944), known as Anne Briggs, is an English folk singer. ...

Baker died in 2003 after a long and distinguished career as an orchestral flutist. He was principal flute of the New York Philharmonic for 18 years. Additionally, he was one of the founding members of the Bach Aria Group, with whom he played from 1946 to 1964. 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ...