Western Early Keyboard Association
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The Harpsichord and Baroque Style
with Dr. Barbara Baird
The Harpsichord and Baroque Style
with Dr. Barbara Baird
Saturday, September 26, 2026 – 1-3pm
Saturday, September 26, 2026 – 1-3pm
Handout
Handout
Piano Teachers are invited to learn how playing the harpsichord helps us understand how some elements of Baroque style that are natural to the harpsichord can be applied to the piano, bringing fresh perspectives on playing the piano expressively in Baroque style.
Lovers of Baroque Keyboard Music are invited to attend and listen in on the performances and coaching, gaining a better understanding of the joys of playing Baroque music at the keyboard.
Piano Students are invited to register to play a Baroque piece on the harpsichord under the guidance of Dr. Baird, frequent OMTA Adjudicator and University of Oregon retired harpsichord faculty School-age students and adult students are welcome to participate (school-age students must be accompanied by an adult).
Register Here to Play in the Workshop - REGISTRATION
Deadline Sep 15, 2026
Spaces are limited and will be given by order received, so register soon!
Contact weka@wekaweb.org with your questions
About the Presenter
About the Presenter
Dr. Barbara Baird was a member of the University of Oregon music faculty for over 35 years, teaching organ, piano, and harpsichord. A critically acclaimed performer, Barbara has concertized throughout the United States, as well as in Germany, France, Holland, Switzerland, Argentina, Brazil, and Australia. A frequent adjudicator and clinician, she regularly conducts workshops and master classes for keyboardists, particularly on Baroque and Classical Period Performance, and Keyboard Pedagogy. Dr. Baird has been a presenter and recitalist at both national and regional conventions of the American Guild of Organists, and for the Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society, the Western Early Keyboard Association, the Organ Historical Society, the Historical Keyboard Society, the Oregon Bach Festival, several chapters of the American Guild of Organists, and for piano teachers’ guilds in the United States and Australia.
Baird currently has four CDs available:
• Vienna: Two Centuries of Harpsichord Music (1600-1800)
• The Organ Mass: Selections from Bach’s Klavierübung and Couperin’s Convent Mass
• Pastorale, Partite, and Preludes at the Point, works by Johann Sebastian Bach
• Organ Works for Two, featuring Julia Brown and Barbara Baird, organ duo
Hear Dr. Baird's Performance of Bach Allemands on YouTube
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