Jenny Oaks Baker

Jenny Oaks Baker is one of America's most accomplished classical violinists. She began playing the violin at age four, and made her solo debut in 1983 when she was only eight years old. She received her Master of Music degree from the renowned Juilliard School in New York City and her bachelor's degree in violin performance from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. She has performed as a soloist at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the Library of Congress and as a guest soloist with the Jerusalem Symphony, the San Diego Symphony, the Utah Symphony, the Orchestra at Temple Square, and the internationally acclaimed Mormon Tabernacle Choir. In 2005, Ms. Baker soloed with the National Symphony Orchestra, with whom she was a first violinist for seven years, at the Kennedy Center under the direction of Marvin Hamlisch. Ms. Baker resigned from the National Symphony Orchestra in 2007 to devote more time to her young family. She has released six albums since 1998. They have sold more than 75,000 copies, charted on Billboard's classical charts, garnered numerous Pearl Awards from the Faith Centered Music Association and even a Grammy nomination in 2001. Ms. Baker, her husband Matthew, and their four children reside outside of Washington D.C.