About Us
Who We Are
Chamber Pops was envisioned in the Summer of 2023 by Davis Baker as an event where young musicians could create their own chamber ensembles and play pop music. This festival was created to bring musicians together and to raise awareness of Chamber music in general, making it more accessible to all audiences.
In addition, Chamber Pops is a fundraiser! All proceeds from the concert go toward a music related charity. We support a different musical charity every year. In 2024 we raised $580 for the Raleigh Music Collective, and we hope to greatly expand that in the future!
The main Chamber Pops concert is hosted at the Rialto Theater, a historic building in Raleigh. The Theater has been around since the 1930s, and has been an integral part of the Raleigh music scene for almost that long.
Our Mission
To create events where middle school and high school students can come together, forming chamber ensembles, in order to play music that they love while also raising money for music education!
Bios
Read about the amazing 2026 Chamber Pops leadership team! We consist entirely of dedicated middle and high school musicians, and are excited to put on an awesome event for other young musicians, giving them an opportunity to showcase their talent while playing music they love!
Davis Baker - President, Founder, and Artistic Director
Davis is a sophomore at Enloe High School. Davis founded Chamber Pops in 2023 after attending the ECDBA Solo and Ensemble festival at Ravenscroft School. He organized Chamber Pops’ first concert, and is looking forward to running the third festival!
As a musician, Davis plays the bassoon in the Enloe Wind Ensemble, Enloe Symphony Orchestra, Triangle Youth Philharmonic, TYP Wind Quintet, and the Frozen Finger Quintet, of which he is a founder. Davis also studies piano privately with Dr. Margaret Evans at Meredith College. Some of the musical honors Davis has been distinguished with include First Chair All-State Bassoon in 2022, 2023, and 2025, Principal Bassoonist in Triangle Youth Symphony, Triangle Youth Orchestra, and Triangle Youth Philharmonic in 2022-23, 23-24 and 24-25 school years, Principal Bassoonist in Enloe Wind Ensemble and Enloe Symphony Orchestra 2024-25, and Second Chair Bassoonist at the Carolina Band Festival 2024.
Davis was ranked the second highest pianist according to his adjudicator at the Young Artists Auditions Piano Competition with a Superior Rating in 2024, and received Highest Honors at NCMTA Piano Competition in 2024 at both District and State levels. Davis is looking forward to performing a 27 piece program for National Guild Auditions this year, and has fond memories of performing 15 piece programs most years before this one.
In his free time Davis enjoys reading, hiking, and as unpopular as it may be, practicing. He truly loves making music and communicating with others through this wonderful medium. He was lucky enough to go to Philmont Scout Ranch this past summer on a 12 day backpacking trek, and would love to do something like that again. Davis also has aspirations of someday writing a book.
Davis is looking forward to expanding Chamber Pops this year, and making it bigger and better than ever. He looks forward to involving as many schools as possible, and making the concert as fun of an event as it can be. Davis is extremely grateful to those who have graciously agreed to help him along this journey, and can’t wait to see what they can do together.
Lily Politte - Secretary
Andrew Hirsch - Treasurer
Jonas Hutchinson - Logistics Coordinator
Nora Snowden - Outreach Coordinator: Emails
Nora is a rising sophomore at Enloe High School! She has been a part of Chamber Pops since 2025, and after having a great event last year, is super excited to be one of the outreach coordinators again this year.
Nora plays the flute, and is a member of the Enloe Wind Ensemble and Enloe Flute Choir. She has participated in many honor ensembles over the years, such as the All-County and All-District bands, and most recently, was awarded as a top musician in the Raleigh Area Flute Association (RAFA) Review and Contest Division 4. In addition, she is an active member of RAFA, participating in multiple contests and sponsored events.
Outside of playing music, Nora is a competitive rower, and enjoys activities such as reading, writing, and listening to more music. She has hopes of learning other instruments such as guitar and saxophone, but regrettably has no free time. Nora also loves volunteering and making a difference in her community, and she has dreams of someday becoming a lawyer or politician.
Nora absolutely loved working on Chamber Pops last year, and she is so thankful for Davis for letting her be a part of this event and for her fellow board members who have helped make it possible. As a co-outreach coordinator, Nora is super excited to expand Chamber Pops’s involvement in the community, and hopes that this event will be better than ever!
Max LeBouef - Outreach Coordinator: Social Media
Evelyn Baucom - Board Member
Owen Beal - Board Member
Harlan Davis - Board Member
Abby Gerding - Board Member
Mary Hall - Board Member
