Judith Bailey (composer)

Judith Margaret Bailey (born 18 July 1941) is an English clarinettist, composer and conductor. She was born in Camborne, Cornwall, and studied at the Royal Academy of Music from 1959–63, and. Since 1971 she has been working as a composer and conductor.[1][2] She conducted the Southampton Concert Orchestra and Petersfield Orchestra for almost 30 years before returning to her native Cornwall around 2001 where she has been conducting for the Cornwall Chamber Orchestra and the Penzance Orchestral Society.[3][4]

For other people named Judith Bailey, see Judith Bailey (disambiguation).
Judith Margaret Bailey
Born18 July 1941
Camborne, Cornwall
NationalityEnglish
Alma materRoyal Academy of Music
OccupationClarinettist

Composer

Conductor

She is a Cornish composer;[5] in 2001 she was honoured as an "Associate of the Royal Academy of Music" for showing distinction amongst her peers and in 2005 as a Bard of the Gorsedh Kernow for her contributions to music in Cornwall.[4] She is a member of the Composers' Guild of Great Britain,[6] the Cornish Music Guild,[6] as well as a Trustee for the Cornwall Music Service Trust.[7]

Selected works
  • Trencrom, symphonic poem, 1978
  • Symphony, 1981
  • Symphony, 1982
  • Seascape, for women's chorus, woodwind trio and orchestra, 1985
  • Penwith, overture, 1986
  • Fiesta for orchestra, 1988
  • Concerto for clarinet and strings, 1988
  • Havas for orchestra, 1991
  • Joplinesque for wind band
  • Festive Concert Piece for wind band[1]
  • A widow bird (in Three Settings of Poems by Shelley) (Text: Percy Bysshe Shelley)
  • Music (in Three Settings of Poems by Shelley) (Text: Percy Bysshe Shelley)
  • Neap-Tide (Text: Algernon Charles Swinburne)
  • To the moon (in Three Settings of Poems by Shelley) (Text: Percy Bysshe Shelley)[8][9]

References
  1. Cummings, David M. (2000). International who's who in music and musicians' directory. Psychology Press. ISBN 9780948875533. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  2. Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  3. "Judith Bailey | Composer". Divineartrecords.com. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  4. "Composer Information: Judith Bailey". Spartan Press. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  5. Patricia Shehan Campbell; Trevor Wiggins, eds. (January 2013). The Oxford Handbook of Children's Musical Cultures. Oxford University Press. p. 209. ISBN 9780199737635. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  6. "Judith Bailey". Contemporary Music Review. 11: 11–12. 1994. doi:10.1080/07494469400640501.]
  7. "Meet the Trustees". Cornwall Music Service Trust. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  8. jmbailey, www.lieder.net
  9. Composer: Judith Margaret Bailey www.lieder.net, accessed 15 December 2020
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.