Judith Bailey: Biography
Judith Bailey
ARAM, B.Mus (Lond) GRSM, LRAM, ARCM
Judith Bailey was
born in Cornwall in 1941. She studied conducting with Maurice
Miles, composition with Andrew Byrne, clarinet with Stephen
Waters and piano with Leslie England at the Royal Academy of
Music in London. Following a short career as a peripatetic woodwind
teacher, since 1971 she has worked as a freelance composer,
conductor and clarinettist. Her compositions
include two symphonies, two string quartets, a clarinet concerto
and many other orchestral, chamber and instrumental pieces.
Judith was conductor
of the Southampton
Concert Orchestra and Petersfield Orchestras for around
30 years. She has been the conductor of Cornwall Chamber Orchestra
since September 2002, and of the Penzance
Orchestral Society since April 2003.
In 2005, Judith
was made a bard of the Cornish Gorseth for services to music
in Cornwall.
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