| Title: | Senior College Lecturer |
| Dept: | Music |
| Office: | MU 314 |
| Phone: | 216-687-2039 |
| Email: | B.K.BAILEY@csuohio.edu |
| Address: | 2121 Euclid Ave. MU 314, Cleveland, OH 44115 |
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| Education: | ||
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B. Mus, Augustana College (Illinois), 1987
M.M., Eastman School of Music, 1989 D.M., Indiana University, 2000 D.M.A, Choral Conducting, The University of Iowa, 2016 | ||
| Brief Bio: | ||
| Brian Bailey has been Director of Choirs at Cleveland State University since 2009. He conducts the CSU Chorale and University Chorus, coordinates the voice area, and teaches aural skills courses. In addition to his duties at Cleveland State, he currently sings in the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus and is on the roster of the Cleveland Chamber Choir.
He earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in choral conducting from The University of Iowa, where he conducted programs with the Camerata Singers and with Kantorei, the select chamber choir. As part of his doctoral studies, he created the first complete edition of the Mass in C for chorus and orchestra by the American composer George Bristow (1825¿1898). He also holds degrees from Augustana College (Illinois), The Eastman School of Music, and Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana). His principal teachers have included Timothy Stalter, Donald E. Morrison, and Robert Porco. During the 2008-09 year, Dr. Bailey was the Acting Director of Choirs at The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA, where he directed the William and Mary Choir, the Women's Chorus, and the Botetourt Chamber Singers. He also served for ten years on the faculty of the School of Music at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. His duties there included directing the Appalachian Chorale, coordinating the degree program in sacred music, and teaching music theory and applied organ and harpsichord. He has held a variety of positions as a church musician, and has also been active as a harpsichordist and continuo player. | ||