Cassie Baker
Percussion, Drumset, Guitar, Ukelele
I’ve been playing music since I could hold drum sticks in my hands. By age 10, I was playing my first drum set. at 12, I was spending all my time in the band hall at Lorena Middle School. By 15, I picked up the guitar and began writing songs.
After years of performing and writing music in central Texas indie bands, I decided it was time to officially get to work on taking my musical education to the next level. I did so by pursuing and completing a degree in music composition from Austin Community College, followed by a bachelor of Arts in music performance from Texas A&M.
I’ve been privately teaching drum set, percussion, guitar, ukulele and digital audio production in Austin for over 6 years, and I still get a thrill out of seeing my students progress in their instruments. My young drummers who tried out for school band under my coaching are performing in the percussion section at their schools, I’ve helped my students to place in honors band, and many are on their journey to being lifelong musicians. I feel lucky to say coaching others to be great musicians is actually my job!
When I’m not performing live on drum set or teaching lessons, I’m performing Mystic Drumz–a captivating international children’s percussion show built for schools, daycares, libraries, parties and more.