Malcolm Lynn Baker 303.428.9235 4485 W. 61st Place mbaker@du.edu Arvada, CO 80003 www.geocities.com/malcolm_lynn_baker Resume Abstract Teaching Experience * Lamont School of Music, University of Denver, Associate Professor - 1993 to present * Director of the Jazz Studies and Commercial Music Program - 1993 to present * Lamont Jazz Orchestra * Basic and Advanced Jazz improvisation * Jazz History * Jazz Composition * Jazz Combos * Director of Admission - 1997 to present * School of Music, Indiana University, Visiting Lecturer - 1991 to 1993 * Studio Saxophone and Jazz Saxophone * Carleton College, Lecturer - 1984 to 1991 * Director of Band and Jazz Studies * Carleton Wind Ensemble * Carleton Jazz Ensemble * Second Place, Univ. of Wisconsin - Eau Claire Jazz Festival, 1986 * Jazz Combos * First Place, Univ. of Wisconsin - Eau Claire Jazz Festival, 1985 * Jazz Improvisation * Studio Saxophone * Eastern Oregon State University, Lecturer - 1982 to 1984 * Instrumental Ensembles and Techniques * EOSC Concert Band * EOSC Jazz Ensemble * La Grande Community Band, 1983 to 1984 * La Grande Symphonic Orchestra * Studio Woodwinds * Theory I * Theory II * Music Appreciation * Brass, Woodwind, and Percussion Techniques Classes * Southern Oregon University, Visiting Lecturer - 1981 to 1982 * Sabbatical Replacement * Band * Conducting * Analysis * Studio Saxophone and Clarinet Educational Experience * Indiana University, Advanced Studies in Saxophone and Jazz Studies, 1986 and 1989 to 1990 * Saxophone lessons with Eugene Rousseau * Jazz History and Improvisation with David Baker * Jazz Ensemble with Dominic Spera * University of Oregon, Master of Music in Saxophone, 1980 * Western Oregon University, Bachelor of Science in Music, 1978 Performance Experience * A selected list of performance experience includes: * Louis Bellson * Lionell Hampton * David Baker * Billy Taylor * Bobby Shew * Sonny King * Dominic Spera * Jim Pepper * John Zorn * Ratso Harris * Jim Pugh * Cedar Avenue Big Band, Twin Cities (co-founder and 1st musical director) * Jon Faddis * Richard Boukas * Michael Formanek * Don Latarski * Eugene Rousseau * Jerry Hahn * Steven Mackey * Matt Cattingub * Active clinician/soloist with public school and college jazz programs * In addition, I performed as saxophone soloist with the University of Oregon Wind Ensemble on their 1981 Japan Tour. Awards * Colorado Visions Recognition Award for outstanding achievements in jazz composition - 1995 * Winner of the Westside Jazz Composition contest in Minneapolis - 1987 * Ruth Lorraine Close Performance Scholarship at the University of Oregon - 1980 Publications * "A Musician's Schedule," Music Vistas, 1997. * Fragments, a compact disk recording, Phlogestron Music, 1997. * Co-author of Now Hear This eartraining software for Macintosh computers, published by Alfred Music Corp., 1997. * "Commercial Music," 1997. * The Climb, a compact disk recording by the Lamont School of Music Jazz Faculty, 1996. (sample1) (sample2) * "Score Analysis for a Better Jazz Ensemble" republished in two parts in the New York Music Educators Journal, 1995. * "Score Analysis for a Better Jazz Ensemble" published in three parts in the Colorado Music Educators Journal, 1993. * "Journey to Ixtlan," Indigenous Instruments, a compact disk recording of music by Steven Mackey, New Port Classic, 1993. * "MacJazz: MIDI Technology as a Curricular Resource for Jazz Education," Jazz Research Papers, 1990. * Co-author of MiBAC Jazz Improvisation Software for Macintosh computers, 1989. * "Black Nationalism and 'Free Jazz' Collectives: The Black Musicians' Approach to Economic Self-Determinism,"Jazz Research Papers, Vol. VI, 1986. * "How to Learn a Jazz Tune," Jazz Journal, Fall, 1985. * The UNC Jazz Press publishes the following jazz band compositions and arrangements: * Home of the Whopper * BJAM * African Warrior Suite * Good Bait