Josh Baker proudly serves as the Conductor and Music Director of the Springboro Wind Symphony. Currently employed as a School Administrator for the Beavercreek City Schools, Josh taught grades 5-12 band for the Greeneview Local Schools in Jamestown, Ohio during the 2007 school year, and then served as the Assistant Band Director at Centerville High School in Centerville, Ohio, for 10 years.

His responsibilities at Centerville included directing the Symphonic Band, Jazz Ensemble 1, Pep Band, Pit Orchestra, and assisting with the Concert Band and Wind Symphony. The Wind Symphony performed at the Ohio Music Educators Association convention in 2010 and the prestigious Music for All National Concert Band Festival in March of 2013 and 2017.

Josh graduated summa cum laude in 2007 from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, where he studied saxophone and music education methods with Dr. Shelley Jagow.

In 2015, Josh was named the outstanding alumni of Wright State University’s School of Music and in 2017, the Centerville Education Foundation Outstanding Teacher and Hall of Fame Inductee.

Josh earned a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership from the University of Dayton in 2013 and the licensure requirements for K-12 Principal and Superintendent.

He currently resides in Centerville, Ohio with his wife, Katie, and daughters, Audrey and Anna.