Jeffrey Bailey
Director of the Certificate in Music Production Program
Biography
Jeff Bailey is Director of the Certificate in Music Production Program at Hamline
University. His extensive and varied educational, clinician, gigging, touring, and
recording background informs his approach to developing a program that aims to
challenge young music makers to perform, explore, and invest in the tools of
tomorrow.
Jeff Bailey has performed in a wide variety of musical settings as a musician,
composer, producer, and educator. He has performed with world renowned artists:
Craig Taborn, James Carter, Joey McIntyre (NKOTB), Eric Gravatt, Charles Lazarus,
Rodney Jones, Doc Severinsen, Minnesota Orchestra, SPCO, Wessel Anderson,
Jonatha Brooke, Geoff Keezer, Andres Prado, Chastity Brown, “Doc” Martin, Fareed
Haque, Justin Robinson, Charley Drayton, and James Moody.
Jeff has composed original music and sound design for: The Royale (Yellow Tree),
Rule of Thumb (Park Square), Target’s Lifescape series, Crowns (New Dawn
Theater), B.A.M’s Next Wave Festival, White Savior (Sparkhouse), and Punic Wars
(Keith Antar Mason and The Hittite Empire).
Jeff served as Bass Department Head at McNally Smith College of Music for six
years, developing and implementing a curriculum that integrated modern music
technology with traditional conservatory culture. He has also often lectured around
the US and abroad on the merits of “Organizing Your Creativity” as a tool for
beginning improvisers.
Jeff is fiercely committed to how the power of music in the world unites and heals.
He continues to compose, perform throughout the US and internationally, and run
his Minnesota based LoweTone Studios. Jeff is certain each day is another
opportunity for gratitude and joy.
Teaching Style
Students in Professor Bailey’s classes will be challenged to emulate, explore, and
create. Internalizing the tools of technology in service of expanding their individual
artist voice and vision.