Emily Baker
Name: Emily Baker Position: Choir teacher
Education: AA degree from Temple College, BM in Music Education from Texas A&M University Central Texas
How long have you been in Temple/Belton? Where did you live before Temple/Belton?
20 years (Holland, Texas); Catawissa, Pennsylvania
Musical experience:
- Assistant to Mrs. Santana for Jubilate
- Assistant to Katie Holmes’s piano class
- Several Academie Musique summer musicals
- Church kid’s choir assistant
- Helped with strings concert
- String tuner
- Helped with hand on at Cultural Activities Center
Hobbies/Interests: Drawing, painting, cooking, watching tv, walking, crafts
Pets names: Grimm (cat) and Allie (dog)
Favorite musical work: Claude Debussy Noël des enfants qui n’ont plus de maisons
Pet peeves: No organization, no teamwork, rude/snarky attitudes, germs
Favorite food: Pepperoni pizza with black olives Favorite color: Black
Favorite story from your musical experience:
I got to conduct Jubilate’s girl’s group song. It was an amazing experience to be able to use the techniques I just learned in my conducting class. It was also an honor that Mrs. Santana let me conduct one of the pieces they were doing.
Funny or strange personal story or experience:
When my mom and I were staying at our house in Catawissa, Pennsylvania to visit friends, we were both getting ready to sit down and eat our dinner. I looked outside the window and whispered, “Oh my gosh, there are two medium-sized black bears walking up the lane.” We just watched them walk across the yard like this was normal. When they were gone I said, “I guess they must have smelled our food from the window being open.” The funny part was when we went in the woods later that day we saw a mama black bear and her baby cub which was a bit scary.