Instrument(s): Drums, Music Production, Music Theory, Percussion, Piano, Trumpet, Ukulele
City: Kansas City
Education: University of Missouri - Kansas City, University of New Mexico
Drummer and multi-instrumentalist, Nicholas Baker, from Kansas City, has been playing and studying music since 1993 and teaching since 2005. Comfortable in many genres including rock, jazz, classical, Latin and Arabic music, he has toured nationally and internationally with Iraqi oud player, Rahim AlHaj, and latinx band, Baracutanga and currently performs with Bayati and Grupo Melao. Nick earned music degrees from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the University of New Mexico, and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from UMKC.