Claude Baker is on the faculty of the Composition Department at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. He was previously composer-in-residence for the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra and his music is performed internationally by world-renowned orchestras.
Baker's numerous honors include an Academy Award in music from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and grants from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
The Indianapolis Symphony will premiere his latest competition Märchenbilder (Fairytale Images) with Mario Venzago conducting and André Watts on piano.