Dian Baker-Sellheim
Principal Accompanist

Dian Baker-Sellheim joined the Choir in August of 2001 as the Choir’s principal accompanist. Under the auspices of the U.S. State Department, Dr. Baker-Sellheim has toured as an Artistic Ambassador since 1989, and performed with the late cellist Roger Drinkall in more than 900 concerts in 30 countries. Dr. Baker-Sellheim has been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Pew Charitable Trusts, Arts International, the Utah and the Florida Arts Councils, and the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies and Research.

She has recorded for Pyramid, Klavier, Sanctus, Tantara, and Wilson Audiophile, and her recording of the D’Indy Trio was selected by Fanfare magazine as one of the ‘Top Ten Recordings of 1998.’ In 1999, Dr. Baker-Sellheim was a staff pianist in Graz, Austria for AIMS (American Institute for Musical Studies); in 2000, she accepted an invitation to pursue post-graduate music studies in Switzerland at the Zurich Conservatory. Dr. Baker-Sellheim received the 1994 ‘Outstanding Woman of the Year’ award from Brigham Young University, where she directed the Collaborative Piano areas as a Senior Lecturer for 10 years.

Currently, Dr. Baker-Sellheim is on the music faculty at Mesa Community College, and performs frequently as four-hand duo partner with pianist Eckart Sellheim.