Jenny Oaks Baker to perform concert at

BYU-Idaho

Violinist Jenny Oaks Baker will perform Thursday and Friday, July 19 and 20, at 7:30 p.m. in the Barrus Concert Hall at Brigham Young University-Idaho in Rexburg.

Tickets for the Education Week concert can be purchased from the BYU-Idaho Ticket Office by calling 496-2230 or online at www.byui.edu/tickets. Tickets are $6 for the general public and $3 for BYU-Idaho students.

Baker began playing the violin at age four, and made her solo debut in 1983 when she was only eight years old. Since then, she has thrilled audiences throughout Europe, Asia, and the United States with performances equally powerful in emotion and mastery.

For seven years Mrs. Baker performed as a first violinist in the National Symphony Orchestra before resigning in 2007 to devote more time to her young family. She received her master of music degree from the Juilliard School in New York City and earned her bachelor's degree in violin performance from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.

"On Wings of Song," her debut solo album released in 1998, received two Pearl Awards from the Faith Centered Music Association and in 1999 she released "Songs My Mother Taught Me," for which received she an additional three Pearl Awards, including Instrumentalist of the Year.

Her next recording, "Where Love Is," was awarded Instrumental Album of the Year. Collaboration with pianist Jenny Richards resulted in "American Tapestry," an album celebrating the rich musical tradition of the United States, which received a 2001 Grammy nomination. "The Light Divine," her fifth album was also honored with two Pearl Awards.

Her albums have sold more than 75,000 copies, charted on Billboard's classical charts, and her latest, "The Best of Jenny Oaks Baker" has been a bestseller since its release in 2005.