PULLMAN- The School of Music at Washington State University will present a concert by flutist, scholar and University of Nebraska Professor John Bailey at 8:00 pm on Wednesday, Sept 17 in Kimbrough Concert Hall on the WSU Campus.
The concert will be free of charge. Earlier, at 5:00 pm, Bailey will present a masterclass, also in Kimbrough Concert Hall. Both events are free of charge and the WSU community is invited.
Bailey is principal flutist with the Lincoln Symphony, with which he has appeared as concerto soloist on numerous occasions. From 1982 to 1996, he was program annotator for the American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) in Graz, Austria, where he was also co-principal flutist with the festival’s orchestra. He has been principal flutist with the Illinois Philharmonic, Opera Illinois, the Illinois Chamber Symphony and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. He has performed at the Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.; the Chicago Public Library Cultural Center; Unity Temple, Oak Park, IL; numerous universities throughout the US; and in recital in Germany, Italy and England. Bailey’s recording American Masterworkson the Centaur label is forthcoming.
The program will include works by Cowell, Kennan, Blumer, Gaubert, Dick and Burt
