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Barbara Baird
(541) 346-3791
bbaird@uoregon.edu
Barbara Baird has been a member of the UO
music faculty since 1989, teaching organ and
harpsichord.
After earning her Bachelor of Music degree
in organ performance from Texas Christian University,
she studied three years at the Cologne Conservatory
of Music in Cologne, Germany. Baird received
her Master of Music degree in harpsichord performance
from Southern Methodist University in Dallas,
Texas. Her Doctor of Musical Arts degree is
in organ and harpsichord performance from the
University of Oregon, with additional focus
on piano pedagogy.
Over the years, Baird has participated in
master classes and coaching with such artists
as Harald Vogel, Jean Langlais, and Guy Bovet.
Private instruction was with Michael Schneider,
Hugo Ruf, Larry Palmer, Emmet Smith, John Hamilton,
and Mark Brombaugh.
Baird taught at Texas Christian University,
Southern Methodist University, and Northwest
Christian College before coming to the University
of Oregon. At Oregon, Baird is responsible
for private instruction of all undergraduate
and graduate organ and harpsichord students.
An active recitalist since 1971, Baird has
performed throughout the United States as well
as Europe and Australia. In 1984-85 she presented
a series of nine all-Bach organ and harpsichord
recitals in Eugene in honor of the Bach Tercentenary,
and in 1993 she did a two-week organ tour of
Germany. In 1995 she was the only American
invited to participate in the International
Swiss Organ Festival. In January 1999 Baird
was the featured organ and harpsichord soloist
in the Ballarat Goldfields Music Festival in
Australia. Her organ recital received the first
standing ovation ever given at this festival.
She returned to the Ballarat Festival in January
2001 to present another organ recital, a harpsichord
recital, and a piano lecture/demonstration.
A frequent adjudicator and clinician, she
regularly conducts workshops and master classes
for keyboardists. Baird was a presenter at
the 1999 Regional American Guild of Organists
convention in Fort Worth, Texas, at the 2000
National American Guild of Organists in Seattle,
Washington, and at the 2001 Regional American
Guild of Organists convention in Eugene, Oregon.
Baird currently has two CDs available:
• Vienna: Two Centuries of Harpsichord
Music (1600-1800)
• The Organ Mass: Selections from Bach's
Klavierübung and Couperin's Convent Mass
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