Bailey School of Music
We invite you to experience the joy of learning with us! You will then understand that KSU Bailey School of Music is where talent is cultivated, creativity is nurtured, performers are inspired, and where passion is heard.
Whether you are interested in our Clinics and Workshops, Masterclass Series, or Summer Arts Intensives, the Bailey School of Music is a great resource for you and our community.
November 2024
Chamber Music Series. Enjoy an evening of performances by some of the most talented student instrumentalists in the Bailey School of Music, as they compete in the final round of the annual BSOM Concerto Competition.
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Jazz Series. Enjoy a performance by KSU Jazz Ensemble I led by Bailey School of Music Director of Jazz Studies Sam Skelton.
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Jazz Series. Enjoy an evening of performances by the Bailey School of Music Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Guitar Ensemble, and Jazz piano students.
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ArtsKSU Series. Hailed for their outstanding musicianship, the Arianna String Quartet has established itself as one of America's finest chamber ensembles. Their performances have been praised for “tonal warmth, fastidious balance and expressive vitality” (Chicago Tribune) and “emotional commitment and fluent virtuosity,” (Pretoria News, South Africa). Formed in 1992, the ASQ garnered national attention by winning the Grand Prize in the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, First Prize in both the Coleman and Carmel Chamber Music Competitions, and were Laureates in the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition.
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Jazz Series. Enjoy an evening of performances by Bailey School of Music student jazz combos.
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Choral & Opera Series. Enjoy an evening of choral music performed by the KSU Treble Choir, Men’s Ensemble, Chorale, and Chamber Singers.
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Orchestras Series. Enjoy a performance by the KSU Philharmonic Orchestra led by Bailey School of Music faculty Nancy Conley.
Buy TicketsJazz Series. Enjoy an evening of performances by Bailey School of Music student jazz combos.
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Bands & Percussion Series. Enjoy a performance by the KSU Wind Ensemble under the direction of Bailey School of Music Director of Bands David T. Kehler.
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Faculty Recital Series. Join faculty artist Jesús Castro-Balbi, cello, and guest artist Daniel Binelli, bandoneon, for a program of tango music.
This performance is FREE, no tickets are required.
Choral & Opera Series. Enjoy a performance by the KSU Gospel Choir under the direction of Bailey School of Music faculty artist Oral Moses.
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Bands & Percussion Series. Enjoy performances by the KSU University Band and KSU Wind Symphony under the direction of the Bailey School of Music faculty.
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Jazz Series. Enjoy performances by KSU Jazz Ensembles II & III led by Bailey School of Music faculty Wes Funderburk and Rob Opitz.
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Orchestras Series. Enjoy a performance under the direction of Bailey School of Music Director of Orchestral Studies Nathaniel F. Parker.
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Chamber Music Series. Enjoy an evening of performances by Bailey School of Music student brass ensembles.
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Bands & Percussion Series. Enjoy a performance by the KSU Percussion Ensemble under the direction of Bailey School of Music Director of Percussion Studies John Lawless.
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Join the Bailey School of Music choirs, Symphony Orchestra, and Wind Ensemble for this special performance featuring holiday favorites for the whole family.
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Enjoy a performance by the KSU Community & Alumni Choir.
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ArtsKSU Series. Now in his third decade as a much sought-after performing artist, Canadian pianist Robert Koenig has performed throughout the world to great acclaim as a collaborative pianist and chamber musician. His partnerships with many of today’s leading classical artists have seen him grace many of the world's most important stages including New York’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, Washington’s Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Boston’s Jordan Hall, San Francisco’s Herbst Theater, Seattle’s Benaroya Hall, Vancouver’s Chan Center, Tokyo’s Suntory Hall, Taiwan’s National Theater, Hong Kong’s City Hall, London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, Paris’ Louvre Museum, Brussels’ BOZAR, and Amsterdam’s Het Concertgebouw. Mr. Koenig’s performance will feature both solo piano works and collaborations with Bailey School of Music faculty artists.
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Faculty Recital Series. Enjoy an evening of music featuring the cello performed by Bailey School of Music faculty artist Jesus Castro-Balbi.
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Faculty Recital Series. Enjoy an evening of music featuring Bailey School of Music faculty artist Jesús Castro-Balbi on cello, with pianist David Korevaar from the University of Colorado at Boulder, violinist Michael Heald from UGA, and Julia Bullard, Assistant Director of the Bailey School of Music & KSU violist.
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Faculty Recital Series. Enjoy and evening of song presented by guest artist Elizabeth Knight, mezzo-soprano, and Bailey School of Music faculty artist Eric Jenkins, piano.
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Faculty Recital Series. Enjoy and evening of performances by Bailey School of Music faculty artists Helen Kim, violin, Charae Krueger, cello & Robert Henry, piano.
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Faculty Recital Series. Join Bailey School of Music faculty artists for a performance celebrating Laurence Sherr's 30-year tenure as BSOM composer-in-residence.
Buy TicketsOrchestras Series. Enjoy a performance under the direction of Bailey School of Music Director of Orchestral Studies Nathaniel F. Parker.
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A season highlight, the Collage Concert is the signature showcase of the Bailey School of Music. This unique production features over 200 student and faculty performers in jazz, orchestra, choir, band, percussion, opera, chamber groups, and more. Proceeds and donations from this event help make the study of music more affordable to KSU students through scholarships.
Buy TicketsA season highlight, the Collage Concert is the signature showcase of the Bailey School of Music. This unique production features over 200 student and faculty performers in jazz, orchestra, choir, band, percussion, opera, chamber groups, and more. Proceeds and donations from this event help make the study of music more affordable to KSU students through scholarships.
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ArtsKSU Series. Join Bailey School of Music faculty and student performers for an evening of music written by guest composer-in-residence Stacy Garrop. Garrop has received numerous awards and grants including an Arts and Letters Award in Music from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Fromm Music Foundation Grant, Barlow Prize, and three Barlow Endowment commissions, along with prizes from competitions sponsored by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Omaha Symphony, New England Philharmonic, Boston Choral Ensemble, Utah Arts Festival, and Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble.
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Jazz Series. Enjoy a performance by KSU Jazz Ensemble I led by Bailey School of Music Director of Jazz Studies Sam Skelton.
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Bands & Percussion Series. Enjoy a performance by the KSU Wind Symphony under the direction of Bailey School of Music faculty.
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Experience an evening of thought-provoking performances curated by the Black Musicians Coalition, an award-winning KSU student organization.
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Bands & Percussion Series. Enjoy performance by the KSU University Bands under the direction of Bailey School of Music faculty.
Buy TicketsJazz Series. Enjoy performances by KSU Jazz Ensembles II & III led by Bailey School of Music faculty Wes Funderburk and Rob Opitz.
Buy TicketsBands & Percussion Series. Enjoy a performance by the KSU Wind Ensemble under the direction of Bailey School of Music Director of Bands David T. Kehler.
Buy TicketsOrchestras Series. Enjoy a performance by the KSU Philharmonic Orchestra led by Bailey School of Music faculty Nancy Conley.
Buy TicketsChoral & Opera Series. Enjoy an evening of choral music performed by the KSU Treble Choir, Men’s Ensemble, Chorale, and Chamber Singers.
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Faculty Recital Series. Enjoy an evening of jazz performed by the Bailey School of Music’s Faculty Jazz Parliament.
Buy TicketsOrchestras Series. Enjoy a performance under the direction of Bailey School of Music Director of Orchestral Studies Nathaniel F. Parker.
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Faculty Recital Series. Enjoy an evening of music featuring the piano performed by Bailey School of Music faculty artist and piano area coordinator Robert Henry.
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Faculty Recital Series. Enjoy an evening of music featuring the piano performed by Bailey School of Music faculty artist Eric Jenkins.
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ArtsKSU Series. Roomful of Teeth is a Grammy-winning vocal band dedicated to reimagining the expressive potential of the human voice. By engaging collaboratively with artists, thinkers, and community leaders from around the world, the group seeks to uplift and amplify voices old and new while creating and performing meaningful and adventurous music. As the world rapidly changes, Roomful of Teeth is cultivating deeper relationships with technology, continuing to explore and expand the artistic reach of the human voice.
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Faculty Recital Series. The Summit Piano Trio—Bailey School of Music faculty artists Helen Kim, violin, Charae Krueger, cello, and Robert Henry, piano—presents an evening of chamber music.
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ArtsKSU Series. Korean-American violinist Soovin Kim is an exciting player who has built on the early successes of his prize-winning years to emerge as a mature and communicative artist. After winning first prize at the Niccolò Paganini International Competition, Mr. Kim was recipient of the prestigious Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award, an Avery Fisher Career Grant, and the Henryk Szeryng Foundation Career Award. Today he enjoys a broad musical career, regularly performing repertoire such as Bach sonatas and Paganini caprices for solo violin, sonatas for violin and piano by Beethoven, Brahms, and Ives, string quartets, Mozart and Haydn concertos and symphonies as a conductor, and new world-premiere works almost every season.
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Chamber Music Series. Enjoy an evening of works written by Bailey School of Music student composers—including multiple world premieres—performed by BSOM faculty and students. This concert is student-produced under the mentorship of BSOM composer-in-residence Laurence Sherr.
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Enjoy a short program of music performed by Bailey School of Music students and faculty in a relaxed and beautiful setting.
*Fresh Air Friday may get canceled due to inclement weather the day of. Please keep an eye on our Facebook and/or Instagram page for updates*
Chamber Music Series. Enjoy an evening of chamber music performed by Bailey School of Music student recipients of the John & Linda Cooke String Quartet Scholar Awards.
April 2025
Faculty Recital Series. Enjoy an evening of music featuring the viola performed by Bailey School of Music faculty artist Julia Bullard.
Jazz Series. Enjoy an evening of performances by Bailey School of Music student jazz combos.
Buy TicketsJazz Series. Enjoy an evening of performances by Bailey School of Music student jazz combos.
Buy TicketsEnjoy a short program of music performed by Bailey School of Music students and faculty in a relaxed and beautiful setting.
*Fresh Air Friday may get canceled due to inclement weather the day of. Please keep an eye on our Facebook and/or Instagram page for updates*
Hailed as a "revelatory revue full of wonderful moments" and a "funny, affectionate and revealing tribute to musical theater's greatest living composer and lyricist," Sondheim on Sondheim is an intimate portrait of the famed songwriter in his own words... and music. Through the use of exclusive interview footage, audiences get an inside look at the personal life and artistic process of famed composer, Stephen Sondheim. This production is a collaboration between KSU's Department of Theater and Performance Studies, Opera Theater, and Symphony Orchestra.
Buy TicketsHailed as a "revelatory revue full of wonderful moments" and a "funny, affectionate and revealing tribute to musical theater's greatest living composer and lyricist," Sondheim on Sondheim is an intimate portrait of the famed songwriter in his own words... and music. Through the use of exclusive interview footage, audiences get an inside look at the personal life and artistic process of famed composer, Stephen Sondheim. This production is a collaboration between KSU's Department of Theater and Performance Studies, Opera Theater, and Symphony Orchestra.
Buy TicketsHailed as a "revelatory revue full of wonderful moments" and a "funny, affectionate and revealing tribute to musical theater's greatest living composer and lyricist," Sondheim on Sondheim is an intimate portrait of the famed songwriter in his own words... and music. Through the use of exclusive interview footage, audiences get an inside look at the personal life and artistic process of famed composer, Stephen Sondheim. This production is a collaboration between KSU's Department of Theater and Performance Studies, Opera Theater, and Symphony Orchestra.
Buy TicketsHailed as a "revelatory revue full of wonderful moments" and a "funny, affectionate and revealing tribute to musical theater's greatest living composer and lyricist," Sondheim on Sondheim is an intimate portrait of the famed songwriter in his own words... and music. Through the use of exclusive interview footage, audiences get an inside look at the personal life and artistic process of famed composer, Stephen Sondheim. This production is a collaboration between KSU's Department of Theater and Performance Studies, Opera Theater, and Symphony Orchestra.
Buy TicketsHailed as a "revelatory revue full of wonderful moments" and a "funny, affectionate and revealing tribute to musical theater's greatest living composer and lyricist," Sondheim on Sondheim is an intimate portrait of the famed songwriter in his own words... and music. Through the use of exclusive interview footage, audiences get an inside look at the personal life and artistic process of famed composer, Stephen Sondheim. This production is a collaboration between KSU's Department of Theater and Performance Studies, Opera Theater, and Symphony Orchestra.
Buy TicketsJazz Series. Enjoy performances by KSU Jazz Ensembles II & III led by Bailey School of Music faculty Wes Funderburk and Rob Opitz.
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Chamber Music Series. Enjoy an evening of performances by Bailey School of Music student instrumental chamber ensembles.
Buy TicketsChamber Music Series. Enjoy an evening of performances by Bailey School of Music student instrumental chamber ensembles.
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Undergraduate student presentations from the School of Art & Design, Bailey School of Music, Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, and Department of Dance.
Jazz Series. Enjoy an evening of performances by the Bailey School of Music Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Guitar Ensemble, and Jazz piano students.
Buy TicketsUndergraduate student presentations from the School of Art & Design, Bailey School of Music, Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, and Department of Dance.
Choral & Opera Series. Enjoy an evening of performances by Bailey School of Music vocal students.
Undergraduate student presentations from the School of Art & Design, Bailey School of Music, Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, and Department of Dance.
Bands & Percussion Series. Enjoy performances by the KSU Wind Ensemble under the direction of Bailey School of Music Director of Bands David T. Kehler and the KSU Wind Symphony.
Bands & Percussion Series. Enjoy performance by the KSU University Bands under the direction of Bailey School of Music faculty.
Buy TicketsJazz Series. Enjoy a performance by KSU Jazz Ensemble I led by Bailey School of Music Director of Jazz Studies Sam Skelton.
Buy TicketsOrchestras Series. Enjoy a performance by the KSU Philharmonic Orchestra led by Bailey School of Music faculty Nancy Conley.
Buy TicketsChoral & Opera Series. Enjoy an evening of choral music performed by the KSU Treble Choir, Men’s Ensemble, Chorale, and Chamber Singers.
Buy TicketsChamber Music Series. Enjoy an evening of performances by Bailey School of Music student brass ensembles.
Buy TicketsChoral & Opera Series. Enjoy a performance by the KSU Gospel Choir under the direction of Bailey School of Music faculty artist Oral Moses.
Buy TicketsBands & Percussion Series. Enjoy a performance by the KSU Percussion Ensemble under the direction of Bailey School of Music Director of Percussion Studies John Lawless.
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Enjoy a performance by the KSU Community & Alumni Choir.
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