Michael Baker
Michael Baker - Piano, Woodwind, Jazz Program
Michael Baker is an outstanding musician and teacher with many years experience in both roles. ​As a musician he has been active as a solo pianist, accompanist, band leader and musical director, while his teaching experience has extended from K-6 through to adult education. ​In his capacity as a piano tutor and jazz aficionado at Hume Conservatorium he favours an approach which balances the skills of the traditional classical approach with repertoire and techniques drawn from the jazz/blues/boogie-woogie end of the musical spectrum.Â
​Mike is a mainstay of the local and regional music scene and a vital member of the HumeCon teaching staff.
What genres do you teach?
Jazz, classical, contemporary
What is it you love about teaching music?
Making the skills of musicianship relevant and accessible
Please share a particular career highlight and why it's special to you
Working as a musical director on a production of “West Side Story.” Bernstein’s writing (especially the dance cues) is a masterclass in the use technique in the service of profound human expression
What is one piece of music you'd recommend people listen to?
George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”
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We acknowledge the traditional Custodians of this Land, where the Aboriginal People have performed age-old ceremonies of storytelling, music, dance and celebration. As a traditional meeting place, many first nations peoples came to this region. Underneath our buildings and roads this Land always will be traditional Aboriginal Land. in the same way, all music making genres and practices come from our musical elders, so we acknowledge those on whose skills and wisdom we draw.
   
  