Paper Presentation at the College Music Society National Summit in Houston. The paper is: The Five-Tool Musician: Reimagining An Undergraduate Music Curriculum Through A Multifocal Lens. An interesting lineup of presenters

The Torch Ensemble will perform at the Chapel Performance space, and perform Fifteen Moments from the Time of Rivers. This work was commissioned by the late Paul Taub, and has had a number of performances. Info on the Torch Ensemble

A new work (in its final stages of becoming) - Shendos 15 will be premiered as part of the Bellevue College International Guitar Series with special guest performer Wu Fei, a singer and renowned master of the guzheng — the 21-string Chinese zither.
Information and Tickets

Town Hall Seattle hosts a concert with composer and singer-songwriter Kaley Lane Eaton featuring her new chamber folk song cycle Maverick Granddaughter. Tom Baker opens for the night with a world premiere of Prairie, the first of three extended songs that will be a chamber-folk-operatorio entitled: The Idea of West - Prairie, Desert, Mountain.
Tickets: https://townhallseattle.org/event/kaley-lane-eaton/

TBQ returns to the amazing Chapel Performance Space for an evening of improvisations.

The Tom Baker Quartet returns to the Carlson Theater for a concert of compositions and improvisations.

The Ineffables will open a show for Chicago’s Steve Dawson at the Rabbit Box Theater

The Ineffable String Band plays in Missoula Montana. A house show in the shadow of the Bitterroot Mountains.

The Ineffable String Band plays the Hillman City Block Party. Come out for some food, music, and fun!

The Ineffable String Band makes its debut on the famed Folklife Festival in Seattle WA.

Seattle’s own Kin of the Moon performs a new composition called Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Glacier at the Chapel Performance Space in Seattle.

Join Tom for an evening of stories, songs, whiskey, and cake to celebrate his 60th birthday. This show marks Tom's return to his earliest musical identity, rekindling his love for songwriting and singing. He will take the stage with his guitar to perform songs and tell stories: some old, some new, some borrowed, and some true.

Two Seattle bands with deep ties to the city’s new and experimental music scenes, Tom Baker Quartet and Kin of the Moon, will present an evening of acoustic, improvised music to explore the mystical resonances of the Chapel Performance Space. 

The Cornish faculty present new works and new ensembles and new possibilities. “Dreams of My Father” will be premiered at the concert. This work, for acoustic guitar (Tom Baker), bass (Kelsey Mines), and trumpet (Ray Larsen) is in three short movements based on recent dreams I have had about my father. At the new Raisbeck Auditorium (@ the Ivey).

TBQ is honored to be nominated for ALBUM OF THE YEAR by Earshot Jazz. Click on this event for the VOTING LINK. We appreciate your support!

Tom Baker Quartet is excited to invite you to a special night: we will be performing music from our new album BEGIN AGAIN on Monday Jan 29 at the First Free Methodist Church in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood. And the show is LIVE_STREAMED, so you can watch in anywhere (music starts at 7PM).

Tom Baker Quartet is excited to invite you to a special night: our new album BEGIN AGAIN is out on December 10, and we will be celebrating hard at the Royal Room. We really, really want you to come and celebrate with us so we can share this music with you. Special guests, CD signing, candy canes… Hey, there might even be a holiday tune as well…

An evening of 6 short works created by sound & movement artists inspired by specific phases of the night. (I’ll be reuniting with my good friend the amazing Alia Swersky!)

A concert of music by Cornish Faculty at the NEW Cornish venue Raisbeck Auditorium at the Ivey. Including improvisations, klezmer tunes, original songs, premiere compositions and more by current Cornish faculty members:

Tom Baker (Guitar+Electronics) and Kelsey Mines (Bass+Voice) will host the 1st Racer Session of the season on September 17 at Gallery 1412. A duo-improvised set will be followed by an open free-music jam. More info soon.

Integrating music and dance through free and structured improvisations, the Tom Baker Quartet and movement artists Alia Swersky and Hannah Rice will meet for an exploration of the aural and physical space of the Chapel. More Info

88 keys, 17 pedals, 12 strings, 4 pickups, 4 wizards, and a medley of metal pipes assemble together to conjure an evening of previously unimagined incantations and spells. Tom Baker, Leanna Keith, Jim Knodle, Keith Eisenbrey.

TBQ @ Bellevue College!