Our Conductors


The Laguna Community Concert Band is proud to have Jennifer Baker as our conductor. A Laguna resident, Jennifer brings a deep passion for music education, performance excellence, and community engagement to the podium. Her experience as a conductor and musician, combined with her enthusiasm for inspiring musicians of all ages, makes her a tremendous asset to our organization. Our renowned Laguna JaZz Band is directed by Lynn Olinger and provides an entertaining collection of jazz, swing, rock and big band music.   

  • Jennifer Baker

    Music Director

    Jennifer Baker joined the Concert Band and the LCCB board in 2012. After co-conducting with several previous conductors, she became our principal conductor.

    Jennifer enjoyed a 40-year career teaching instrumental, choral, and general music in the Saddleback and Capistrano Unified School Districts. She earned bachelor's degrees in clarinet and music education and a master's degree in music education from California State University, Fullerton. Throughout her career, she also served as an adjunct music faculty member at Saddleback College and Irvine Valley College, a Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association adjudicator and treasurer, and a Capistrano Unified School District Honor Groups conductor.

    Jennifer received the Orange County Music and Arts Administrators' Lifetime Achievement Award in Music in recognition of her outstanding career in music education. Since becoming our conductor, she has fostered memorable collaborations that have enriched the band's performances and helped earn two of our three "Louie" Awards from the Laguna Beach Arts Alliance, most recently for a joint concert with the Lagunatunes Chorus.

    Her collaborative projects have included performances with Thurston Middle School (Hospitality Night in 2015 and the Abracadabra Magician's Concert featuring Ian Galloway in 2025), the Laguna Beach High School Jazz Band (performing "Rock This Town" with Lee Rocker in 2015), the LBUSD Elementary Music End-of-Year Concert (the Star Wars grand finale in 2016), and a summer music camp that culminated in a side-by-side performance with the Concert Band at the Festival of Arts in 2016.

    Jennifer's leadership, musicianship, and commitment to our group and our community partnerships continues to inspire our musicians and audiences alike.

  • Lynn Olinger

    JaZz Band Director

    R. Lynn Olinger, Director of Laguna JaZz has served on the Laguna Community Concert Band (LCCB) Board of Directors since 2016 and plays sax in both the concert and jazz bands. He is a retired music teacher of high school, middle school and elementary levels for 36 years in the Capistrano Unified School District. Lynn holds Bachelor’s degrees in Music Education and Certificate in Electronic Music from UC Irvine. Lynn has served as a Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association board member, VP of Festivals, an adjudicator as well as an expert clinician for electronic music programs for schools since 1985. Lynn has been the LCCB Manager and Laguna JaZz Manager since 2017 with responsibilities for booking Jazz performances as well as all band sound reinforcement needs. While teaching at Capistrano High School for 20 years he led music education in Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Big Band, Commercial Electronic Music and Marching Band. Lynn continues to play in several Jazz groups as well as playing in the excellent Laguna Community Concert Band. Lynn manages several different sized jazz groups that perform in venues throughout Laguna Beach and Orange County.