Monday, January 7, 2013

EXPLORATIONS SPEAKER JON BAILEY

Day 3/At Sea                 Monday, January 7, 2013/Dress Code: Formal

Jon Bailey is well-known as a conductor, composer and teacher in the field of music, art and architecture.  He holds degrees in music from Northwestern, UC Berkley, and a doctorate from Stanford University.  He was dean and professor of music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music prior to teaching in the Yale School of Music.  Jon is a professor emeritus at Pomona College in Claremont, California where twice he won the coveted ‘outstanding teacher of the year.’   In addition he teaches at the prestigious Fromm Institute for Lifelong Learning at the University of San Francisco.  He has been a program consultant for National Public Radio, and was an Arts Commissioner with the city of West Hollywood, California.  A recipient of two Fullbright research grants, he has traveled and studied in Europe and Australia.  Jon has performed as a conductor and composer in Myerson Symphony Center, Dallas, Carnegie Hall, Boston Symphony Hall and Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, Tchaikovsky Hall, Moscow and the Glinka Kappella in St. Petersberg.  He has taken his collegiate and community choruses on tour to Europe, the Baltic Republics and Russia and has produced numerous CD’s.

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