Bailey School of Music
We invite you to join us and experience the joy of a live performance in Morgan Concert Hall or via ArtsKSU Virtual. 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.
July 2024
August 2024
Faculty Recital Series. Enjoy an evening of music featuring the double bass performed by Bailey School of Music faculty artist Leonardo Lopes.
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Orchestras Series. Enjoy a performance by the KSU Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Bailey School of Music Director of Orchestral Studies Nathaniel F. Parker.
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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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Join Bailey School of Music faculty and student pianists as we celebrate through performance the addition of a brand new Steinway Concert Grand Piano to our all-Steinway fleet.
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Faculty Recital Series. Enjoy an evening of music featuring the clarinet performed by Bailey School of Music faculty artist John Warren.
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Faculty Recital Series. Enjoy an evening of music featuring the guitar performed by Bailey School of Music faculty artists Trey Wright and Sean Thrower.
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ArtsKSU Series.A celebrated opera singer, recitalist, and cabaret artist, mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe is one of the most highly respected and critically acclaimed artists of her generation. Together with pianist Ryan McCullough, Ms. Blythe will take the audience on a lyrical journey highlighting one of the most important and celebrated musical artists in American Songbook history—and Georgia native—Johnny Mercer.
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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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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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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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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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Jazz Series. Enjoy performances by KSU Jazz Ensembles II & III led by Bailey School of Music faculty.
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Orchestras Series. Enjoy a performance by the KSU Philharmonic Orchestra led by Bailey School of Music faculty Nancy Conley.
Buy TicketsOrchestras Series. Enjoy a performance by the KSU Symphony Orchestra 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 jazz performed by the Bailey School of Music’s Faculty Jazz Parliament.
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Faculty Recital Series. Enjoy an evening of music for violin and piano performed by Bailey School of Music faculty artists Adelaide Federici and Robert Henry.
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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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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.
Buy TicketsJazz 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.
Buy TicketsChoral & Opera Series. Enjoy an evening of choral music performed by the KSU Treble Choir, Men’s Ensemble, Chorale, and Chamber Singers.
Buy TicketsOrchestras Series. Enjoy a performance by the KSU Philharmonic Orchestra led by Bailey School of Music faculty Nancy Conley.
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.
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Bands & Percussion Series. Enjoy performances by the KSU University Band and KSU Wind Symphony 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.
Buy TicketsOrchestras Series. Enjoy a performance by the KSU Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Bailey School of Music Director of Orchestral Studies Nathaniel F. Parker.
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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.
Buy TicketsJoin 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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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. Join Bailey School of Music faculty artists for a performance celebrating Laurence Sherr's 30-year tenure as BSOM composer-in-residence.
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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.
Buy TicketsJazz Series. Enjoy a performance by KSU Jazz Ensemble I led by Bailey School of Music Director of Jazz Studies Sam Skelton.
Buy TicketsJazz Series. Enjoy performances by KSU Jazz Ensembles II & III led by Bailey School of Music faculty.
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 by the KSU Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Bailey School of Music Director of Orchestral Studies Nathaniel F. Parker.
Buy TicketsFaculty 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.
Buy TicketsFaculty 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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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.
Buy TicketsChamber 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.
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 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 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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