Contact Us


Home Office

The William Baker Choral Foundation, Inc.
5450 Buena Vista Street, #100
Roeland Park, Kansas 66205
Office Phone: 913.403.9223
Fax: 913.403.9223

To visit our Kansas City office: Take I-35 south from downtown Kansas City, exit Shawnee Mission Parkway and go east to Buena Vista Street (between Roe Avenue & Mission Road.) Turn north on Buena Vista. Our office suite is in the Hocker Building, the second building on the left. Enter the main doors to find our office the first on the left.

Georgia Office

The William Baker Choral Foundation, Inc.
PO Box 78709
Atlanta, Georgia 30357
Office phone: 404.909.8357

To visit our Atlanta office: Grace United Methodist Church is located in Midtown Atlanta at 458 Ponce de Leon Ave.Take exit 249D North Ave.going east. Turn left onto Ponce de Leon Ave. NE. Make a left onto Charles Allen Drive and park in the lower lot. Enter through the red doors and our office is on the third floor just past the Youth Center.

William Baker, Music Director & Conductor
Melissa Ann Shallberg, Executive Associate Music Director /Kansas City
Don Brainerd, Associate Music Director/Atlanta, Editor and Chief of Amber Waves Music Publishing, Director of The Northside Festival Singers
Scott Smith, Choral Associate and Administrator
Lynn Swanson Fowler, Director of Northside Young Singers
Christine Freeman, Director of Kansas City Youth Chamber Singers
Matt Supple, Director of Columbus Chamber Singers
O. Wayne Smith, DMA, Staff Accompanist
Leanne Herrmann, Staff Accompanist
Sue Goddard, AAGO, Staff Accompanist
Ivy Belk Pirl, Staff Accompanist for The Northside Young Singers

Administrative Staff

Michael S. McGarry Ph.D., Director of Choral Initiatives

Board of Trustees