about
i’m a performer/composer/teacher that explores the broken-consort, open score and modular improvisational ideals. i’m also the leader and founder of the paulbaileyensemble (PBE).
i studied trombone with roy main and composition and 16th century counterpoint with lloyd rodgers. because i don’t enter competitions i have never won any awards. i also don’t stand in lines at taco trucks.
i currently teach music education and music theory classes at california state university fullerton and music appreciation courses through los angeles city college at heritage college ready academy (los angeles alliance charter schools). i have taught at instrumental music at john marshall high school and viewpoint school and have been a visiting artist of the cal arts experimental animation department.
i’m also a member of the arroyo arts collective and live in highland park (a suburb of los angeles) with my wife and assorted critters (quadraped and biped).
you can also find me on the interwebs at some of the following places:
- http://twitter.com/pbailey
- www.paulbailey.us (personal website)
- www.alt-classical.com (curated mp3 re-blog of independent, DIY, art music)
- ImprovFriday (weekly online improv event)
INTERVIEW/PRESS
“PB/LA/OC” Steve Layton, Sequenza 21 (June 2008)
“Let’s Burn that Puppy Down” Rex Reason, OC Weekly (January 2005)
CONCERT REVIEWS
Wednesday, September 26, 2007, Tim Mangan OC Register
Paul Bailey Ensemble; At Home in Fullerton
RECORDING REVIEWS
Spring 2009, John Schaefer WNYC
eMusic Review “Retrace Our Steps”
January 21st, 2005, Josef Woodard, Los Angeles Times
Ensemble’s Mix is a Classical Alternative
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