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Compositions and recordings

Compositions

RECENT compositions

Shendos No. 15 (2025)
Five Players

Reflections on a Glacier (2023)
Guitar

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Glacier (2023)
Mezzo-soprano, Alto Flute, Tenor Saxophone, Viola, Guitar

Inside a Stone (2022)
Piano + Electronics

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CHAMBER MUSIC

Scatter, Adapt, Remember (in-progress)
Harp, Guitar, Marimba

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Glacier (2023)
Mezzo-soprano, Alto Flute, Tenor Saxophone, Viola, Guitar

Simultaneously Solitary - Shendos No. 14 (2020)
Clarinet, Trumpet, Viola, Bass, Percussion

Six Moments from the Time of Rivers (2018)
Flute, Alto Saxophone

Fifteen Moments from the Time of Rivers (2015)
Bass Flute, Bass Clarinet, Contrabass, Percussion

Invisible Cities - 55 Movements for String Quartet (2011-current)
String Quartet

TBQ Avant Songbook (2004-2010)
Twelve Pieces for Clarinet, Guitar, Bass, Drums

Three Movements for Quartet (2006)
Clarinet, Guitar, Violin, Cello

Lost in Atlantis Looking for Morton (2004)
Four Performers

Two By Four (2004)
Two Clarinetists (Each with Two Clarinets)

Swirl (2002)
Microtonal Vibraphone, Fretless Guitar

Residue No. 3 (2000)
Flute, English Horn, Clarinet, Bassoon, Piano

The Blue Trees (1994)
Clarinet, Guitar, Violin, Cello

The Raven (1992)
Guitar and String Quartet

FILM/MEDIA/DANCE

Flight - For Paul (2021)
Interactive Digital Image+Sound

Language of Change (2019-present)
Unpersoned Electronic Set Opear

Manifold 2 (2018)
Interactive Digital Image+Sound

100 Years of Cornish (2014)
Original Soundtrack

Sagamihara (2013)
Music for Dance/Film

Two Kinds of Wind (2009)
Music for Dance/Film

PERCUSSION MUSIC

Three Stages for Marimba (2012)
Marimba 4-Hands

New Clapping Music (2011)
Four Performers

Cymbalism (2005)
Percussion Duo

Fold: Redux (2004)
Percussion Solo

CHORAL

Four Psalms (2006)
SATB, Harmonium, Contrabass

Aries (2002)
SATB

Song of the Orphan (1996)
SATB

Sky of the Sun (1994)
SATB

ELECTRONIC MUSIC

Inside a Stone (2022)
Piano + Electronics

Traces: George (2020)
Electric Guitar and Live-Electronics

Traces: Sarah (2019)
Harp and Live-Electronics

Resonate (2019)
Guitar and Electronics

Manifold 2 (2018)
Interactive Digital Image+Sound

Traces: Matthew (2017)
Mbira and Live-Electronics

Traces: Nellie (2013)
Violin, Cello and Live-Electronics

Imaginary Aphorisms (2012)
Theremin and Live-Electronics

MCBT (2007)
Digital Fixed Media

What Remains (2005)
Fretless Guitar and Digital Fixed Media

Deckard’s Dream (2004)
Digital Fixed Media

Doubt (2003)
Digital Fixed Media

VOCAL MUSIC

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Glacier (2023)
Mezzo-soprano, Alto Flute, Tenor Saxophone, Viola, Guitar

Songs of Sleep and Dreams (2013)
Soprano, Trumpet, Percussion

Three Songs (2006)
Soprano, Clarinet, Violin, Cello

Pillar / Speak / Awake (2002)
Soprano, Clarinet, Vibraphone, Piano, Violin, Cello

Six Songs from the Red Planet (2001)
Soprano, Flute, Cello, Piano

The Not-So-Tall Prince (2001)
Soprano, Piano

Desperate Messages (1999)
Baritone, Cello, Piano

Possible Lullabies (1997)
Soprano, Guitar

SHENDOS (GRAPHIC SCORES)

Shendos No. 15 (2025)
Five Players

Simultaneously Solitary - Shendos No. 14 (2020)
Clarinet, Trumpet, Viola, Bass, Percussion

Shendos No. 12 (2013)
Nine Instruments

Shendos No. 11 (2009)
Solo

Shendos No. 9 (2006)
Duo

Shendos No. 10 (2005)
Quartet or Double Quartet

Shendos No. 8 (2004)
Quartet

Shendos No. 5 (1999)
Trio

OPERA

Wings Act I (2013)
Electronic Opera in Three Acts for Four Sopranos

Hunger: The Journey of Tamsen Donner (2008)
Soprano, Clarinet, Horn, Guitar, Bass, Percussion

The Gospel of the Red-Hots Stars (2006)
Soprano, Baritone, Chorus
Clarinet, Guitar, Trombone, Bass, Percussion

ORCHESTRA

Shendos No. 12 (2013)
Chamber Orchestra

Five Shades of Time: Concerto for Shakuhachi (2001)
Chamber Orchestra and Shakuhachi

Three Pieces for Strings (2000)
String Orchestra

Negative Space (1998)
Chamber Orchestra and Guitar

SOLO MUSIC

Inside a Stone (2022)
Piano + Electronics

Deeply Lodged (2014)
Piano

Wheel in the Sky (2010)
Graphic Score for Deconstructed Piano

Elegy No. 2 (2002)
Bassoon

GUITAR MUSIC

Reflections on a Glacier (2023)
Guitar

Three Movements for Guitar (2002)
Guitar

Eleven (2001)
Electric Guitar

Circus Music (2000)
Six Guitars

Elegy No. 3 (1998)
Guitar

Elegy No. 4 (1998)
Guitar

Night; Again (1994)
Guitar

Curse of the Fathers (1993)
Guitar

Don Quixote Suite (1992)
Guitar

Ned’s Passacaglia (1992)
Guitar

The Green Guitar (1991)
Guitar

recordings

Tom baker CDS, downloads, and streaming

Featured
BEGIN AGAIN (2024)
BEGIN AGAIN (2024)

ALBUM
A renewal for the Tom Baker Quartet with all new tunes and improvisations. “Northwest Recording of the Year” - Earshot Jazz
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SAND (2023)
SAND (2023)

ALBUM
Anne La Berge and Tom Baker. Recorded in both Amsterdam and Seattle, the album melds the unique performance and compositional styles of these two long-time collaborators.
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DEEPLY LODGED (2022)
DEEPLY LODGED (2022)

ALBUM
This album of three works from 2013-2015, including Deeply Lodged for solo piano, which explores themes of loss and grief, tinged with hope.
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Traces: George (2021)
Traces: George (2021)

SINGLE
Part of the Traces series, this work for solo electric guitar with interactive electronics is a remembrance, a kind of meditation on loss, grief, and memory.
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Traces: Sarah (2021)
Traces: Sarah (2021)

From the Trace series, a search for what remains in the absence of known things, real things, loved things. Commissioned by and is dedicated to Melissa Achten.
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CURSE OF THE FATHERS (2021)
CURSE OF THE FATHERS (2021)

An early composition from 1993, this recording by the amazing guitarist Micheal Nicolella was released as a single almost 30 years later in 2021.
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The Adventures of Qwfwq (2020)
The Adventures of Qwfwq (2020)

This single of four pieces for solo electric guitar tracks some of the adventures of Qwfwq, the indelible sojourner from Italo Calvino’s T-Zero.
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Slowly Away (2018)
Slowly Away (2018)

Recorded on Engine Records in Canaan, New York. This is the third studio album by Saxophonist Michael Monhart, Guitarist and Thereminist Tom Baker, and Drummer Greg Campbell as Triptet.
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TRACES: NELLIE (2018)
TRACES: NELLIE (2018)

Another in the “Traces” series, this piece was written in 2012, but recorded in 2018. It is made exclusively from sounds recorded in Poncho Concert Hall in Seattle, accompanied by violin and cello.
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Traces: Matthew (2017)
Traces: Matthew (2017)

Amplified Mbira and live-electronic processing emphasizing sonic layers that are barely audible, searching for what has disappeared.
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FIFTEEN MOMENTS (2015)
FIFTEEN MOMENTS (2015)

This piece is from a cycle of chamber works called “The Time of Rivers.” The recording is from the album Deeply Lodged, from 2022
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SONGS OF SLEEP AND DREAMS (2013)
SONGS OF SLEEP AND DREAMS (2013)

This work recorded in 2013 is found on the album “Deeply Lodged from (2022). Tracks 5-7 with Cherie Hughes, Brian Chin, Ben Thomas.
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FIGURE IN THE CARPET (2012)
FIGURE IN THE CARPET (2012)

The second record on Engine Records by Triptet (Michael Monhart, saxophone; Greg Campbell, drums; Tom Baker, fretless guitar).
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HUNGER (2011)
HUNGER (2011)

A chaber opera that details the journey of the Donner Party as told through the reimagined journals of Tamsen Donner, the matricarch of that ill-fated group of pioneers.
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IMAGINARY PERSPECTIVE (2011)
IMAGINARY PERSPECTIVE (2011)

The first Triptet record for Engine Records, Brooklyn NY. Recorded at The Country Ghetto, Canaan NY. Michael Monhart, Tom Baker, Greg Campbell
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Acrophobia (2010)
Acrophobia (2010)

A solo guitar improvisation from the album Vertigo by the acoustic quartet of the same name led by Clarinettist Jesse Canterbury, with trombonist Christ Stover and cellist Joanne de Mars.
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Here in the Dark (2010)
Here in the Dark (2010)

A solo guitar improvisation from the album Vertigo by the acoustic quartet of the same name led by Clarinettist Jesse Canterbury.
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YOU CAN SEE THE BOTTOM (2010)
YOU CAN SEE THE BOTTOM (2010)

Triptet’s second record on Present Sounds Recordings, recorded in Seattle by Scott Colburn. Michael Monhart : Saxophone, Traditional Flute, Percussion Greg Campbell : Drums, Percussion, French Horn
Tom Baker : Fretless Guitar, Effects
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What Remains... (2005)
What Remains... (2005)

Solo fretless electric guitar with fixed-media electronics

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Begin Again (2024)
Begin Again (2024)

Tom Baker Quartet
“Northwest Recording of the Year - Earshot Jazz”
A renewal for the Tom Baker Quartet. With all new music and a new sense of curiousness and seriousness.
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SAND (2023)
SAND (2023)

Anne La Berge - flute and electronics ; Tom Baker - guitar, theremin, and electronics. Recorded in both Amsterdam and Seattle, the album melds the unique performance and compositional styles of these two long-time collaborators into a sound experience that is strange and exciting, reflective and raucous, direct and expansive, all at the same time.
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Deeply Lodged (2022)
Deeply Lodged (2022)

This record brings together three pieces written between 2013-2015, premiered between 2015-2018, and recorded and released in 2022. All three pieces share themes of loss and grief, with glimmers of hope and peace. Aesthetically related in sound and mood, they each vary in instrumental textures and timbres.
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Slowly, Away (2018)
Slowly, Away (2018)

Triptet
Recorded on Engine Records. Michael Monhart, saxophone and electronics; Tom Baker, fretless guitar, theremin, and electronics; Greg Campbell, percussion, french horn, and electronics.
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Figure in the Carpet (2012)
Figure in the Carpet (2012)

Triptet
Recorded at The Country Ghetto, Canaan NY - Engine Records.
Michael Monhart, Tom Baker, Greg Campbell
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Hunger: The Journey of Tamsen Donner (2011)
Hunger: The Journey of Tamsen Donner (2011)

A chamber opera in one act
Recorded at Jack Straw Productions, Seattle - Present Sounds Recordings PS1103
Seattle EXperimental Opera - Tom Baker, composer; Maria Mannisto, soprano
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Imaginary Perspective (2011)
Imaginary Perspective (2011)

Triptet
Recorded at The Country Ghetto, Canaan NY - Engine Records.
Michael Monhart, Tom Baker, Greg Campbell
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You Can See The Bottom (2010)
You Can See The Bottom (2010)

Triptet
Recorded at Gravelvoice Studios, Seattle - Present Sounds Recordings PS1002
Michael Monhart, Tom Baker, Greg Campbell
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SAVE (2009)
SAVE (2009)

Tom Baker Quartet
Recorded at Avast Studios, Seattle; Present Sounds Recordings PS0902
Jesse Canterbury, clarinet; Brian Cobb, bass; Greg Campbell, drums; Tom Baker, guitar
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Seven Winds (2009)
Seven Winds (2009)

Duo album - Tom Baker and Dean Moore
Recorded at Jack Straw Productions, Seattle - Present Sounds Recordings PS0901
Dean Moore, resonant metals; Tom Baker, guitar and electronics
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Triptet (2009)
Triptet (2009)

Self-Titled EP by Triptet
Recorded at Jack Straw Productions, Seattle - LoWays Records LW109
Tom Baker, Michael Monhart, Greg Campbell
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The Gospel of the Red-Hot Stars (2008)
The Gospel of the Red-Hot Stars (2008)

A chamber opera in one act
Recorded at Jack Straw Productions, Seattle - Present Sounds Recordings PS0801
Seattle EXperimental Opera - Tom Baker, composer; Maria Mannisto, soprano; Paul Karaitis, tenor
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Look What I Found (2007)
Look What I Found (2007)

Tom Baker Quartet
Recorded at Soundhouse Studios, Seattle - Present Sounds Recordings PS0701
Jesse Canterbury, Tom Baker, Brian Cobb, Greg Campbell
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What Remains... (2005)
What Remains... (2005)

A requiem/concerto for fretless guitar and electronics
Recorded at H7 Studio, Seattle; Present Sounds Recordings PS0501
Tom Baker, composer and guitar
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Sounding the Curve (2003)
Sounding the Curve (2003)

Solo electric and classical fretless guitar
Recorded at H7 Studios, Seattle - Present Sounds Recordings PS0302
Tom Baker, fretless guitar
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CDS: COMPILATIONs Including works by tom Baker

Featured
Seattle Percussion Collective, Vol. 1
Seattle Percussion Collective, Vol. 1

Cymbalism (Baker) for percussion duo; Fold Redux (Baker) for solo percussion
Recorded at Jack Straw Productions, Seattle (2010) - Present Sounds Recordings PS1001
Seattle Percussion Collective
CD includes works by Cage, Wolff, Zahab, and Speicher
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Vertigo - Jesse Canterbury
Vertigo - Jesse Canterbury

Acrophobia and Here in the Dark (Baker)
Vertigo: Jesse Canterbury, clarinet, Tom Baker, guitar, Chris Stover, trombone, Joanne de Mars, cello
Present Sounds Recordings PS1003
CD includes works by Canterbury, and improvisations by the quartet
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Collage/Decollage - William O Smith and Jesse Canterbury, clarinets
Collage/Decollage - William O Smith and Jesse Canterbury, clarinets

Two by Four (Baker) - For two clarinetists each playing 2 clarinets
Recorded at Jack Straw Productions, Seattle (2007) - Present Sounds Recordings PS0703
Bill Smith and Jesse Canterbury, clarinets
CD includes works by François Houle, Eric Dolphy, and William O. Smith
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Intrada - Ryan Hare, solo bassoon
Intrada - Ryan Hare, solo bassoon

Elegy No. 2 (Baker) for solo bassoon
Recorded at Soundhouse Studio, Seattle (2004) - Present Sounds Recordings PS0401
Ryan Hare, bassoon
CD includes works by Tom Swafford, Ryan Hare, Brett Battey
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Northwest Triptych: New Music for Orchestra
Northwest Triptych: New Music for Orchestra

Negative Space (Baker) - For Chamber Orchestra and Guitar
Recorded at Studio X, Seattle (2000) - Present Sounds Recordings PS0001
Seattle Modern Orchestra, Roger Nelson - conductor
CD includes works by Christian Asplund and Christopher DeLaurenti
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20th Century Guitar, Vol. II - Michael Partington, guitar
20th Century Guitar, Vol. II - Michael Partington, guitar

Elegy No. 3 and Elegy No 4 (Baker)
Recorded at Studio X, Seattle (2000) - Rosewood Recordings
Micheal Partington, guitar
CD includes works by Berekley, Bennett, Brouwer, Johansson
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