Sandra Bailey
Chicago, IL (June 24, 2015) - Chicago Sinfonietta,
a professional orchestra focused on promoting diversity, inclusion, and
innovative programming in the field of classical music, is pleased to
announce the appointment of Sandra Bailey as Principal Bassoon for the
coming 2015-16 season. Bailey won the appointment through blind
auditions that took place on Wednesday June 10, 2015. She recently
graduated from the Sinfonietta’s industry-leading professional
development program, Project Inclusion.
"Chicago Sinfonietta’s Project Inclusion,” explains Maestro
Mei-Ann Chen, “is a special two-year program that works to prepare and
mentor musicians of diverse backgrounds as they pursue careers as
professional classical musicians. A serious, intense, and inspiring
program, Project Inclusion provides musicians with professional
experience and guidance they wouldn’t otherwise have access to.“
Chen recommended Bailey apply for the Project Inclusion Fellowship while
a freshman at Northwestern University. Previously she worked with
Bailey as part of the prestigious Boston University Tanglewood Institute
program in Massachusetts. Chen speaks about her time with Bailey,
“…During her time as a Fellow, my colleagues and I were pleased to
witness Sandra's growth and maturing musical personality on and off the
stage. Sandra's accomplishments on bassoon to date makes her an ideal
example of Project Inclusion's impact on the professional orchestral
scene. The Chicago Sinfonietta is proud to have played an important role
in helping Sandra find her true voice as an extremely gifted
performer.”
"I am honored that such experienced players have invited me in their
music making,” Bailey commented. “I'm looking forward to giving my all.
There's nothing that can replace professional experience and I'm honored
to have the opportunity. The Project inclusion program has allowed me
the space to grow professionally, giving me the confidence to strive for
my highest musical goals."
Bailey will begin performing as principal bassoon in October as part of the 2015-16 season
of the Chicago Sinfonietta. “All of us in the Chicago Sinfonietta are
thrilled and excited to continue working with Sandra in her new role as
our new Principal Bassoon,” Chen states. “It is with great pleasure that
I congratulate her.”
Sandra Bailey Sandra Bailey, 21, studies with David
McGill at Northwestern University. In 2011 she won the Jack Kent Cooke
Artist Scholarship, which gave her the opportunity to appear and perform
on From The Top, a nationally syndicated radio show. With the guidance
of From the Top staff, she has done musical outreach projects and
fundraising performances with Christopher O’Riley, under hosts such as
Joshua Bell and the WGBH Studios in Boston, Massachusetts. In the summer
of 2012 she attended the Castleton Music Festival under conductor Lorin
Maazel. She became a Chicago Sinfonietta member in 2013. In the summer
of 2013 Sandra attended the Brevard Music Festival where she won the Jan
and Beattie Wood Concerto Competition. She attended the ‘Musik Akademie
Westfalen 2013′ under conductor Krzysztof Penderecki and recently the
Orchestra De La Francophone 2014 under Jean Philippe. She was one of
three winners of the Evanston Music competition and was a finalist
Northwestern University Concerto Competition, Skokie Valley Concerto
Competition and Hellam Concerto Competition. She won second place in the
national 2014 Meg Quigley Vivaldi Competition and was a first place
winner in the American Protégé International Concerto Competition 2014,
where she performed Hummel Bassoon Concerto in F Major in December at
Carnegie Hall.
More about the Chicago Sinfonietta The Chicago Sinfonietta
is a professional orchestra that forms unique cultural connections
through the universal language of symphonic music. For over 27 years,
the Sinfonietta has pushed artistic and social boundaries to provide an
alternative way of hearing, seeing and thinking about a symphony
orchestra. Each concert experience fuses inventive new works with
classical masterworks from a diverse array of voices to entertain,
transform and inspire. The Chicago Sinfonietta performs five
subscription concerts in both downtown Chicago at Symphony Center and in
Naperville at Wentz Concert Hall. The Sinfonietta has a proud history
of having enriched the cultural, educational and social quality of life
in Chicago under the guidance of Founding Music Director Paul Freeman.
Mei-Ann Chen succeeded Paul Freeman as the Chicago Sinfonietta’s Music
Director beginning with the 2011-12 season. In 2012 the Sinfonietta was
honored with two national awards for excellence from the League of
American Orchestras, one for adventurous programming and one recognizing
Maestro Chen with the Helen M. Thompson Award for an Emerging Music
Director.
For more information on the Project Inclusion Conducting Fellowship program, visit http://www.chicagosinfonietta.org/education/project-inclusion/.
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