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Baird grew up in Kent, Ohio, graduating from Kent's Theodore Roosevelt High School in 1970.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe studied voice and musicology at the Eastman School of Music, earned a Diploma in Performance Practice from the Salzburg Mozarteum, and earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in music history from Stanford University.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaird is a distinguished professor at Rutgers University and frequently teaches master classes and workshops throughout the United States. She published an annotated translation of the 18th-century treatise, Introduction to the Art of Singing by Johann Friedrich Agricola (Cambridge University Press,1995).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a performer, she is best known for performances of music by J.S. Bach (especially the B-minor Mass, the Magnificat, and a number of cantatas) and G.F. Handel (especially Messiah). She has recorded a number of less well-known Handel operas (including Deidamia, Siroe, Muzio Scevola, Sosarme, and Berenice). She has also sung works by Henry Purcell, John Dowland, Claudio Monteverdi, and Georg Telemann. Modern American composers whose music she has performed include Lukas Foss and Steve Reich.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Julianne+Baird+Children+s+","playStationPath":"/stations/269935606/play","stationId":269935606,"bioPath":"/music/Julianne+Baird+Children+s+/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Melissa+Errico+Children+s+","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/4ff/4ffc7dcf67e487b4b9367333ce58c6a9_md.jpg","artistName":"Melissa Errico (Children's)","artistId":118935,"station_id":283946618},{"musicPath":"/music/Kenny+Loggins+Children+s+","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/4e2/4e2dbf08dc492b0d6333c08efe48c8e7_md.jpg","artistName":"Kenny Loggins (Children's)","artistId":117254,"station_id":283946049},{"musicPath":"/music/David+Tobocman+Children+s+","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/172/172d3833f6be95b4735cd03e9ff88009_md.jpg","artistName":"David Tobocman (Children's)","artistId":86503,"station_id":269935558},{"musicPath":"/music/Stephen+Cohen+Children+s+","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/bf1/bf13bf1ad8a31880730609ed165dbc96_md.jpg","artistName":"Stephen Cohen (Children's)","artistId":86662,"station_id":270025626},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Rainbow+Connection+Children+s+","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/8cd/8cd0a5953df9739bf2643ac51654b12e_md.jpg","artistName":"The Rainbow Connection (Children's)","artistId":86674,"station_id":270025650},{"musicPath":"/music/Elizabeth+Mitchell+Daniel+Littleton+Children+s+","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/16e/16e0686539453240d1b32dafb7131042_md.jpg","artistName":"Elizabeth Mitchell \u0026 Daniel Littleton (Children's)","artistId":117709,"station_id":283946197},{"musicPath":"/music/Dan+Zanes+Children+s+","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/58d/58d2fb30033a16c7d73aa2a38f2ba52e_md.jpg","artistName":"Dan Zanes (Children's)","artistId":107599,"station_id":281656699},{"musicPath":"/music/Linda+Arnold+Children+s+","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/039/039ae94f369eaf69f93c1923325f8457_md.jpg","artistName":"Linda Arnold (Children's)","artistId":109700,"station_id":283944854},{"musicPath":"/music/Steve+Pullara+His+Cool+Beans+Band+Children+s+","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/4a1/4a1549440e81111937c7f6dcbdec5655_md.jpg","artistName":"Steve Pullara \u0026 His Cool Beans Band (Children's)","artistId":112429,"station_id":283945314},{"musicPath":"/music/Mr+Al+Children+s+","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b38/b38115ef8edbf3bfb33abb2294628642_md.jpg","artistName":"Mr. Al (Children's)","artistId":118932,"station_id":283946615},{"musicPath":"/music/Jonathan+Sprout+Children+s+","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/dfa/dfa22179ba69874566ec6ea51960f10f_md.jpg","artistName":"Jonathan Sprout (Children's)","artistId":110045,"station_id":283944919},{"musicPath":"/music/Shang+Shang+Typhoon+Children+s+","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/519/519b41bec023e33a34ca86904f8af235_md.jpg","artistName":"Shang Shang Typhoon (Children's)","artistId":119104,"station_id":283946677},{"musicPath":"/music/Julia+Norton+Children+s+","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/aa4/aa45451908bd67591beeb7f838aa4190_md.jpg","artistName":"Julia Norton (Children's)","artistId":118615,"station_id":283946500},{"musicPath":"/music/Lullaby+Themes+Children+s+","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c47/c4701173cbc8ab3e962410b9565fcca6_md.jpg","artistName":"Lullaby Themes (Children's)","artistId":118933,"station_id":283946616},{"musicPath":"/music/Erin+Flynn+Children+s+","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/3ea/3eaa49a0ddff540c5022ce187da5ecf3_md.jpg","artistName":"Erin Flynn (Children's)","artistId":95008,"station_id":281418188},{"musicPath":"/music/Johnny+Bregar+Children+s+","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/bb4/bb4f4cfa2b0c9bc85f67da4538a71b7a_md.jpg","artistName":"Johnny Bregar (Children's)","artistId":86530,"station_id":269935598},{"musicPath":"/music/Ella+Jenkins+Children+s+","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/9a8/9a88771eca0c67e698db12f2ba362369_md.jpg","artistName":"Ella Jenkins (Children's)","artistId":106870,"station_id":281656417},{"musicPath":"/music/Lisa+Loeb+Elizabeth+Mitchell+Children+s+","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/35c/35c8b5e3e6bd03d24803692924cf68c4_md.jpg","artistName":"Lisa Loeb \u0026 Elizabeth Mitchell (Children's)","artistId":108829,"station_id":281863359}]}