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Compositions and recordings

Compositions

RECENT compositions

Shendos No. 15 (2025)
Concerto for Four 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

CDS, downloads, and streaming
ALBUMS, SINGLES, EPS

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)

SINGLE
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)

SINGLE
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)

EP
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)

ALBUM
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)

SINGLE
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)

SINGLE
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)

SINGLE
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)

SINGLE
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)

ALBUM
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)

ALBUM
A chaMber opera that details the journey of the Donner Party as told through the re-imagined journals of Tamsen Donner, the matriarch of that ill-fated group of pioneers.
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IMAGINARY PERSPECTIVE (2011)
IMAGINARY PERSPECTIVE (2011)

ALBUM
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)

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

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

SINGLE
From the album Seattle Percussion Collective Vol. 1 - Present Sounds Recordings PS1001
CD includes works by Cage, Wolff, Zahab, and Speicher
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FOLD: REDUX (2010)
FOLD: REDUX (2010)

SINGLE
From the album Seattle Percussion Collective Vol. 1 - Present Sounds Recordings PS1001
CD includes works by Cage, Wolff, Zahab, and Speicher
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YOU CAN SEE THE BOTTOM (2010)
YOU CAN SEE THE BOTTOM (2010)

ALBUM
Triptet’s second record on Present Sounds Recordings, recorded in Seattle by Scott Colburn. Michael Monhart : Saxophone, Greg Campbell : Drums & French Horn, Tom Baker : Fretless Guitar
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SAVE (2009)
SAVE (2009)

ALBUM
Tom Baker Quartet - Recorded at Avast Studios, Seattle; Present Sounds Recordings. Jesse Canterbury, clarinet; Brian Cobb, bass; Greg Campbell, drums; Tom Baker, guitar
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SEVEN WINDS (2009)
SEVEN WINDS (2009)

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)

EP
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)

ALBUM
A chamber opera in one act. Recorded at Jack Straw Productions, Present Sounds Recordings PS0801. Seattle EXperimental Opera
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Look What I Found (2007)
Look What I Found (2007)

ALBUM
Tom Baker Quartet. Recorded at Soundhouse Studios, Seattle Present Sounds Recordings. Jesse Canterbury, Tom Baker, Brian Cobb, Greg Campbell
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TWO BY FOUR (2007)
TWO BY FOUR (2007)

SINGLE
For two clarinetists each playing 2 clarinets. Recorded at Jack Straw Productions, Seattle (2007) - Present Sounds Recordings PS0703. Bill Smith and Jesse Canterbury, clarinets
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What Remains... (2005)
What Remains... (2005)

ALBUM
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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ELEGY NO. 2
ELEGY NO. 2

SINGLE
Elegy No. 2 for solo bassoon
Recorded at Soundhouse Studio, Seattle (2004) - Present Sounds Recordings PS0401. Ryan Hare, bassoon
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SOUNDING THE CURVE (2003)
SOUNDING THE CURVE (2003)

ALBUM
Solo electric and classical fretless guitar. Recorded at H7 Studios, Seattle - Present Sounds Recordings
Tom Baker, fretless guitar
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Elegy No. 3 and Elegy No 4
Elegy No. 3 and Elegy No 4

SINGLES
Two solo guitar pieces recorded at Studio X, Seattle (2000) - Rosewood Recordings. Micheal Partington, guitar.
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Featured
NEGATIVE SPACE (2000)
NEGATIVE SPACE (2000)

SINGLE
For Chamber Orchestra and Guitar. Recorded at Studio X, Seattle. Present Sounds Recordings PS0001. Seattle Modern Orchestra, Roger Nelson - conductor
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