"...His perfect knowledge of music and instrument can
only be equaled
by the delicacy and elegance of his playing."
Alain Marion, Professor, Paris Conservatory
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The music you will hear
throughout this site is from Don's CD Voyage. (Sound controls and title of composition at bottom of each page.)
With pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet |
New York
flutist and recording artist Don
Bailey has been praised for his brilliant technique,
bristling sense of excitement and artful colors. His debut CD,
Voyage, was hailed as
“fresh and different …easy listening, yet quality classical music
from around the world.” Fanfare magazine said of his
Tribute CD,
“...a delight from beginning to
end...real musical substance...performances are impressive, enjoyable,
and satisfying...”
Don’s recent performances include several National Flute Association annual conventions, most recently in Albuquerque, NM in August of 2007. He performed with Juilliard’s Attacca String Quartet on the Mezzogiorno and Umbria Segreta concert series at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy and with the German pianist Donald Sulzen at Munich’s Richard Strauss Conservatory and in America. He has performed in New York’s Alice Tully Hall, Columbia Artists Management (CAMI) Hall, Bruno Walter Auditorium, and live for WNYC radio with mezzo-soprano Carolyn Sebron in the Wall-to-Wall Ravel and Debussy Festival at Symphony Space. For one season he performed throughout Manhattan in the American Landmark Festival series with pianist Leslie Jones of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. As solo flutist with Classical Quintessence (flute, piano, soprano, baritone, and cello) aboard the Cunard cruise ship Vistafjord, Don toured several countries in Europe, North Africa, and South America. He frequently collaborates with pianist Dianne Frazer of the Columbus Symphony, and he has recorded a solo CD with the Arcata String Quartet, formerly in residence at the Manhattan School of Music. Reaching out to an even wider audience, Don recently performed in a Manhattan showcase of “world music” blending Afro Cuban, Brazilian, Spanish, Italian and Columbian styles with composer, film-scorer and guitarist Christopher Caliendo of Los Angeles. Don has performed with the Aspen Festival Orchestra, the Dallas Chamber Orchestra, the Dallas Bach Orchestra, the Shreveport Symphony, and Voices of Change. He has been featured at national conferences, including the Festival of Women Composers at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and flute conventions in NYC, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Albuquerque, Dallas, and others. During the summer of 2005, Don worked closely with legendary composer Gian Carlo Menotti at his home in Gifford, Scotland, compiling a chronology of the composer’s works. He later co-curated the chamber music concerts at the Spoleto Festival, which has attracted major artists and audiences every summer since 1958. In February 2007, he collaborated with members of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Dallas Opera Orchestra in a recording of Menotti’s The Old Maid and the Thief, produced by Lone Spring Arts and released December 1, 2007 by Albany Records. Don completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Southern Mississippi on full scholarship and attended the University of North Texas for his master's and doctoral studies in flute performance. He also earned artist diplomas from the Aspen Music Festival and the Academie d’ete in Nice, France. He has taught flute at several American universities, served as president of the Texas and Louisiana Flute Societies and for five years was a board member of the New York Flute Club for which he interviewed New York's distinguished flutists and published a monthly newsletter. Don is a frequent adjudicator of Young Artist Competitions, including the New York Flute Club and the Texas and Louisiana Flute Societies. He is also a former board member of the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra, an affiliate of the Dallas Symphony. Don has published articles in national music journals including Flute Talk magazine and Flute Forum. He was interviewed by Windplayer Magazine for its best-seller Flute Stories - 101 Inspirational Stories by the World's Best Flute Players, which has become a must-read for anyone in the performing arts. He was interviewed for the Fall 2007 issue of The Flutist Quarterly, The Musical Road Less Traveled by Helen Spielman. Don’s primary teachers include the distinguished flutists Julius Baker, Harvey Boatright, Michel Debost, Geoffrey Gilbert, Alain Marion, Judith Mendenhall, George Morey, Marcel Moyse, and Albert Tipton. His recordings include Voyage (Summit Records), Tribute (Genuin), Kokopeli with Katherine Hoover (Parnassus), and Menotti's The Old Maid and the Thief with the Lone Spring Arts Orchestra (Albany Records). Don performs on a handmade 14-carat gold Brannen-Cooper flute
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