Rate My Professor Zuill Bailey

Bailey has appeared as concerto soloist with orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Dallas Symphony, and international ensembles such as the Bruckner Orchestra Linz and Israel Philharmonic, collaborating with conductors like Itzhak Perlman, Alan Gilbert, Neeme Järvi, and Giancarlo Guerrero, as well as artists including Leon Fleisher, Jaime Laredo, and Janos Starker. Venues encompass Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Disney Hall, and festivals like Ravinia, Santa Fe, Interlochen, and Manchester Cello Festival. He has given U.S. and world premieres of works by composers such as Michael Daugherty, Nico Muhly, Lowell Liebermann, and Roberto Sierra. His discography exceeds twenty recordings, including the 2017 Grammy-winning Tales of Hemingway (also earning Grammys for Best Classical Composition and Best Classical Compendium), Bach Cello Suites, Britten Cello Symphony and Sonata, Elgar and Dvořák Cello Concertos (Gramophone reference recording), Bloch Schelomo, and Brahms cello works. Additional honors include Classical Recording Foundation Awards for 2006 and 2007, and 2014 Johns Hopkins University Distinguished Alumni recognition. Bailey also directs El Paso Pro-Musica, Sitka Summer Music Festival, Northwest Bach Festival, and others, while publishing Zuill Bailey Performance Editions through Kalmus Music Masters. At UTEP, he advances arts entrepreneurship training for students.