Education / Performance / Composition
David Ian
Baker.
Educator • Bassist • Arranger/Composer • Songwriter
Tenured Associate Professor & Area Coordinator of Jazz & Commercial Music, Utah Valley University. Doctor of Arts in Jazz Studies, University of Northern Colorado.
Biography & credits
Dr. David Ian Baker serves as tenured Associate Professor and Area Coordinator of Jazz & Commercial Music at Utah Valley University, where he directs the Jazz Orchestra and oversees the jazz and commercial music programs. He earned his Doctor of Arts in Jazz Studies from the University of Northern Colorado, with emphases in jazz performance and composition/arranging.
David is also a bassist, arranger, composer, and songwriter based in Utah, and the Artistic Director and Staff Arranger of Hot House West. His career brings together performance, education, arranging, and community organizing.