fpcmusic1@gmail.com Bob Baker has been Director of Music and Associate Organist at First Presbyterian Church since June of 1999. He spent his early years in Lisbon, Ohio, where he graduated from David Anderson High School. He received a B.S. from Maryville College with a major in mathematics, as well as instruction in music as a member of the college’s Vesper Choir. For several years, Bob directed the Senior High Chorus at Second Presbyterian Church, Chattanooga, Tennessee. After receiving an advanced degree from the University of Chattanooga, he attended the University of Chicago as a Kellogg Fellow. While living in Nebraska, he completed the requirements for a Certificate in Church Organ from the School of Music, University of Nebraska. Bob served several years as a board member of the Nebraska Chapter of the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers. Since 1968 he has directed church adult and handbell choirs in Illinois, Nebraska and Georgia.

A native of Brunswick, Myra graduated from Glynn Academy and Wesleyan College in Macon with a degree in music, focusing primarily on organ. She taught private piano and organ lessons in Nashville, Tennessee and on the staff of Cadek Conservatory in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Myra has served as an organist continually for over 60 years (she started when she was very young!). For fun, she played soprano/tenor recorders with Sweet Recorde, an early music group for about 14 years, and tin whistle with an authentic Irish Band. She says, “I’ve found my niche in folk music and now include the folk harp (lever harp) in the mix.” She has been a member of FPC since 1987, serving as supply and full-time organist for over 30 years.