Grady Bailey |
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Grady Bailey, tenor Tenor, Grady Bailey makes his Mercury Opera Rochester debut in his appearance as Parpignol. He is an accomplished singer specializing primarily in oratorio and art song. Throughout his career, he has been lauded for the clear, supple and agile quality of his voice and his musical interpretation of repertoire. A native of Mississippi, Mr. Bailey is a graduate of Millsaps College, attended Indiana University School of Music and is currently a candidate for a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies at Nazareth College of Rochester. He had the privilege of studying with McCarrell Ayers (Millsaps College), Virginia Zeani and Nicolo Rossi-Lemini (both at Indiana University). Mr. Bailey has called Rochester home for over fourteen years. Mr. Bailey has performed on concert stages and in churches and cathedrals throughout the United States and Europe, and his extensive repertoire includes many and diverse works. Major works have included Messiah (G.F.Handel), Elijah & Second Symphony (Hymn of Praise) (Felix Mendelssohn), The Seasons (Haydn), The Seven Last Words of Christ (Theodore Dubois), Magnificat (J.S.Bach), Amahl & the Night Visitors in the role of Kaspar (Gian Carlo Menotti), Carmina Burana (Carl Orff), Solemn Vespers (W.A. Mozart), and The Mikado in the role of Nanki-Poo (Gilbert & Sullivan). He has appeared with Mississippi Opera, Jackson Symphony Orchestra, Indiana University Philharmonic, Indiana University Opera Theatre, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Vermont Symphony, Rochester Institute of Technology Philharmonia, the Rochester Chamber Orchestra and recently with the Finger Lakes Chorale. Mr. Bailey was Assistant to the Minister of Music and principal tenor with the First Unitarian Church of Rochester, New York for seven years and now serves as Organist/Music Director for St. John’s Episcopal Church in Honeoye Falls, New York. He is currently Adjunct Instructor in Voice at Rochester Institute of Technology. |