Gina Baker

Gina currently works for NYCOS as accompanist for their National Choirs, Stirling and Edinburgh Regional Choirs, and often also plays for workshops, auditions and other events. Gina recently started working at the Scottish Institute of Theatre, Dance, Film & TV as accompanist for classes and shows. She has become the official accompanist for annual SBBA competitions and works on occasion at Douglas Academy as an accompanist and teacher. Gina gives solo performances and background music at weddings, dinners and events, recently at Dunfermline Rotary Club’s 100th anniversary at Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh. Gina can tailor music to your preferences and choices and is happy to source or arrange specific pieces or songs when requested. Gina works regularly with soloists Colin Thomas Bryce (The Tartan Tenor), Alexandra Baer, George M Coghill and John Sampson giving concerts across the country, as well as for Music in Hospitals & Care. Gina completed a BMus(Hons) at Edinburgh University, studying piano with Peter Evans, followed by the MMus(Perf) at RWCMD with piano teacher Richard Ormrod. At the RWCMD, Gina was also heavily involved in chamber music and as accompanist and répétiteur, particularly in the vocal department. She enjoyed coaching from the country’s leading accompanists and vocal coaches, most notably an extensive Schubert Lieder project with Simon Lepper and Michael Pollock, as well as Angela Livingstone and Eric Roberts. She has also worked with baritone Donald Maxwell, conductor Alice Farnham and violinists Christopher Horner and Yu Yasuraoka. During her time in Cardiff, Gina was delighted to have the opportunity to work regularly with the renowned Welsh singer and teacher Beatrice Unsworth in Cardiff. She also enjoyed being part of Welsh National Youth Opera’s 2013 production of Britten’s ‘Paul Bunyan’ as their student répétiteur. She subsequently undertook the Continuing Education Repetiteur course at RCS.