Erin Baker is a Baltimore based harpist and music educator. She was awarded first prize in the Fredonia School of Music concerto competition where she performed with the Fredonia Chamber Orchestra as soloist in 2016, while completing her undergraduate degree. She earned her Master’s degree in performance/pedagogy at the Peabody Conservatory under the tutelage of the late Ruth Inglefield. An accomplished orchestral player, Ms.Baker has played under the baton of Leonard Slatkin, Leon Fleisher, and Marin Alsop among others.

Erin maintains a busy schedule with a variety of performance and teaching opportunities in and around Baltimore, MD. She can be heard on the recently released single “Freedom” by Ray Winder and is also featured on the album “Stories Out of Cherry Stems,” a collection of compositions by Peter Dayton, which was released in May 2022. She currently holds a faculty position as the harp instructor for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s OrchKids program and the Baltimore School for the Arts TWIGS program. In her free time, Erin loves to stay active playing disc golf, jogging, cycling, or practicing yoga.