Rachmaninoff – Etude Tableaux op. 33 #8, op. 39 #3
Liszt – Un Sospiro
Chopin Sonata #2 in b min, 1st movement
Chopin Andante Spinato & Grande Polonaise
Brahms Trio in B – 1st & 4th movements
Linda Barker has appeared as concerto soloist with the Oregon Symphony, Vancouver
Symphony, West Coast Chamber Orchestra, Columbia Symphony, Yaquina Chamber
Orchestra and Portland Youth Philharmonic. Ms. Barker was also the featured soloist in a
performance of Shostokovitch’s Piano Concerto #2 with the Oregon Ballet Theater with
choreography by James Canfield.
A native of Portland, Ms. Barker made her concerto debut at the age of 16 with the
Portland Youth Philharmonic. She received her Bachelor of Music degree from the
Oberlin Conservatory, and a master’s degree from Indiana University where she studied
with Menahem Pressler of the world-renowned Beaux Arts Trio.
While residing in St. Louis, Ms. Barker was Instructor of Piano at Webster College and
on staff at the St. Louis Conservatory. She played numerous recitals with faculty and
guest artists of the Conservatory and members of the St. Louis Symphony. She was first
runner-up in the prestigious St. Louis Symphony Young Artist Competition.
In the northwest, Ms. Barker has been a faculty member at the University of Portland.
She is a past president of the Oregon Music Teacher’s Association, Portland District. She
appears frequently as soloist and chamber musician throughout the region, and is in
demand as a master teacher and adjudicator of piano competitions.
