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The El Paso Pro-Musica 2019-2020 season begins on Tuesday, October 22  at UTEP’s Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall with Bryan Wallick, one of the Greatest Virtuoso Pianists of his Generation.

El Paso Pro-Musica continues its collaboration with the UTEP Center for Arts Entrepreneurship, the El Paso Museum of Art, the El Paso Symphony Orchestra and the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University.

Bryan Wallick was the Gold Medalist in the coveted Vladimir Horowitz International Competition. His interactive program includes works by Brahms, Franck, Barber, whose Concerto was premiered by Horowitz, and Lizst. He is an Assistant Professor of Piano at Colorado State University and will also be conducting Master Classes for the UTEP Department of Music.  He will also perform in a Special Presentation at Dona Ana Arts and Cultural Center in Mesilla on October 21 at 7:30 p.m. .

El Paso Pro-Musica continues its collaboration with Johns Hopkins University and the Peabody Institute presenting “The Bergamot String Quartet.”

The exciting female ensemble is working to celebrate the music of living composers and female composers who are making a difference in 21st century music. They will perform on Thursday, November 7 at 7:30 p.m. at the Dona Ana Arts and Cultural Center in Mesilla, and on Friday, November 8 at 7:30 p.m. at UTEP’s Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall.

The 2020 January Chamber Music Festival is set for January 9- February 1, featuring the World’s Most Exceptional Musical Stars. We celebrate Jazz and Classical Styles with pianist Matt Herskowitz, Grammy Award Winning Artistic Director Zuill Bailey performing with the El Paso Symphony Orchestra. He will also perform a Celebration of Beethoven with renowned  pianist Eduard Zilberkant, the conductor of the Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra.

The Catalyst String Quartet will perform works by Latin American Composers as they break down the walls of tradition, redefining the Classical Music Experience.

El Paso Pro-Musica is proud to present the “Dean of American Cellists,” Lynn Harrell, one of the most brilliant and beloved cellists of all time. Mr. Harrell will perform on Saturday, February 1 at 7:30 p.m. at UTEP’s Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall.

Bach’s Lunch will also be presented each Thursday at Noon in January at the El Paso Museum of Art.

The Season comes to a dynamic close with the “Reigning Virtuoso of the Violin,” Itzhak Perlman, who will perform with pianist Rohan De Silva on Tuesday, March 3 at the Plaza Theater. Tickets for these concerts are sold online .

For tickets, go to eppm.org or call 915-747-8163.   $25.00 for Adults/ $20.00 Senior/Military/$5.00 All Students.

Grammy Award winning Cellist and Artistic Director of El Paso Pro-Musica (EPPM) Zuill Bailey, will engage the community through Pop-Up performances next week at surprise locations.

According to EPPM Officials, Bailey’s mission is to “perform music in very intimate, comfortable settings and   provide impromptu performances at locations where one would not normally hear a Concert.”

Bailey will also be performing on a very special, custom-made Cello.

“He will perform on his special Carbon Fiber Cello that is made out of the materials that created the “Batmobile,” and can withstand all of the elements,” EPPM officials said.

The Carbon Fiber Cello was purchased thanks to generous donors during last year’s El Paso Giving Day.

On Tuesday, July 31, he will appear at Noon at the Centre/Mills Building Lobby. Zuill will then participate in the “Kern Place Bach Crawl,” and visit a number of businesses in the area.

4:00 p.m.- Westend Hair Company and Day Spa- 2626 North Stanton- Music and Libations

5:00 p.m.- Geogeske G2- 2701 North Stanton

6:00 p.m.- Ardovino’s Pizza- 206 Cincinnati

On Wednesday, August 1, Zuill Bailey will inaugurate the new “Terrace,” at Café Central at 6:00 p.m.  “I look forward to sharing my love of Bach with the community on a very different level, where the audience can really be “up-close,” and in a setting that is comfortable for them,” Bailey said.

For more information on El Paso Pro-Musica and their events, go to www.eppm.org or call 915-747-8163.

This Fall, El Paso Pro-Musica and Zuill Bailey will be hosting nine-time Grammy Award-Winning Musical Artist Wynton Marsalis for an intimate concert.

Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center will perform on Saturday, October 6 at 7:30 at the First Baptist Church of El Paso, located at 805 Montana Avenue.

Artistic Director, and Grammy Award Winner Zuill Bailey says he is proud to bring Mr. Marsalis to El Paso for a Special Intimate Concert Setting.

“Mr. Marsalis devotes much of his time and energy to educating students, creating a love of music for future generations,” Bailey said. ” I am privileged to help honor his dream of providing musical knowledge, skills and appreciation for our youth.”

This Special Concert will feature the music of the incomparable Duke Ellington. Marsalis and the JLCO will come to El Paso on a tour through the Southwest, including the Mesa Arts Center, Tucson and Lubbock.

Marsalis is the first and only Musical Artist to receive Grammy’s for work in both Classical and Jazz categories.

For Tickets and more information, go online on starting Tuesday, May 15 or call 915-747-8163.

Tickets range in price from $10.00 to $200.00 for the VIP Experience.

El Paso Pro-Musica to host Pianist Lara Downes for a series of performances in May.

Downes was born in the United States, but spent her childhood in Europe; her Jamaican and Russian roots have helped her delve into amazing worlds of music, that are not necessarily traditional.

She is a Sony Artist, an all new Yamaha Piano advocate and performs in Concerts around the world, from her “one woman show,” to collaborations with some of the world’s most incredible artists including El Paso’s own Grammy Award Winner and El Paso Pro-Musica Artistic Director,  Zuill Bailey.

Their chart topping CD, “Some Other Time,” features the works of Great American Composers like Samuel Barber,  Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein and  Lukas Foss.

Lara, who is no stranger to El Paso audiences, takes the History of American Music to a whole new level with “American Icons,” her newest tribute to the greatest American Music of the 21st Century, with a special tribute to Leonard Bernstein and his 100th birthday.

The works come from one of her newest CD’s “America Again,” where she tells  musical stories of some of her fondest memories of the unforgettable music.

Lara will also be engaging with Students at the all new El Paso Pro-Musica/ El Paso Museum of Art Collaboration, “Bach’s Lunch Jr.”

When not on Concert stages, Lara is engaging in the future of young musical artists, and engaging students with Pianos and more. She was awarded the special Laureate Award from the Sphinx Foundation for her dedication to diversity in music and is the Artist in Residence of the Mondavi Center in Northern California, whereby she oversees Special Concerts and Events that engage students and allows them to experience music first hand.

Her 88 Key program helped to get pianos in schools. She is dedicated to reaching all students of all walks of life.

“Know what your music means to you. Find your voice. Learn what you alone have to give. Don’t try to be like anyone else. Be flexible in your thinking and let your path take you in unexpected directions. The future can surprise you,” Lara says.

The Concert is sponsored  by the Jewish Federation of El Paso and the Marlene and J.O. Stewart Foundation and the Hotel El Encanto in Las Cruces.

For Tickets, go to www.eppm.org or call 915-747-8163.

El Paso Pro-Musica Presents Lara Downes “American Icons”

Wednesday, May 9 – UTEP Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall  | 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 10 –  NMSU Atkinson Recital Hall, Las Cruces  | 7:30 p.m.

Friday, May 11 – Carrizozo Music – Trinity United Methodist Church, Carrizozo, New Mexico  |  6:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 12 – Guest Appearance – EPPM Guild Soiree

El Paso Pro-Musica, in its 40th year, is also celebrating the 1st Anniversary  collaboration and creation of UTEP’s Center for Arts Entrepreneurship, designed to prepare music and other creative arts students  for successful careers in the 21st century.

To honor the year filled with Master Classes, Community Engagement, Educational Outreach and unforgettable Concerts at UTEP’s Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall, Artistic Director Zuill Bailey has created another week of unforgettable music.

Concerts and an in-depth residency with UTEP Department of Music Strings Students and the UTEP Orchestra, will feature Bailey, last year’s Grammy Award Winner for “Tales of Hemingway,” Concert Master of the New York City Ballet, violinist Kurt Nikkanen and violist and Scott Rawls, the Chair of Instrumental Music and Associate Professor of Viola at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

The “Ultimate Trio,” will participate in a residency at UTEP’s Department of Music, visit schools in the region, the Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit and the Oncology Infusion Center of the Hospitals of Providence and appear in a variety of Pop-Up, impromptu Concerts.

The first is a CD signing and Special Day at Cafe Central, on Tuesday, March 27, where a percentage of the proceeds will be dedicated to El Paso Pro-Musica Community Engagement programs. The Trio will perform and Zuill Bailey will sign his newly released CD, “Haydn Cello Concertos.” Proceeds will be dedicated all day, and the Trio appearance will begin at 6:00 p.m.

Another Impromptu performance will take place on Thursday, March 29 at 9:00 a.m. at H&H Car Wash, which was just named one of the Top Essential Restaurants in America in “Eater” Magazine.

“Not only can you get a Car Wash, a shoe shine, a great Breakfast, and Miner Fever from Maynard Haddad, but also a little classical music thrown in to start your day,” Bailey said.

The first performance  is set for Wednesday, March 28, a “Twilight Tour,” Concert at the Double Eagle in Old Mesilla at 6:00 p.m. . The Ultimate Trio performs in Concert on Thursday, March 29 at 7:30 p.m. at UTEP’s Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall. The Concert includes a String Trio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart that was the only String Trio written by the genius composer. The passionate music of Erno Dohnanyi completes the performance.

For tickets go to www.eppm.org or call 915-747-8163. Tickets are also available at the door and Student Tickets are $5.00.

El Paso Pro-Musica is once again collaborating with Johns Hopkins University and the Peabody School of Music to present the Young Artist Development Series.

This year, Peabody Music Conservatory Graduate Student Nathan Cornelius Presents, “A World of Guitar.” Nathan will be participating in a special Residency in El Paso and the region from November 28 through December 2.

Cornelius will be participating in Music Education Outreach and Community Engagement, under the guidance of Artistic Director Zuill Bailey, and visit schools throughout the region, appear in Pop-Up Performances around the community,  including at Hillside Coffee  and Donut Shop on Friday, December 1 at 8:30 a.m. and on Saturday, December 2 at 9:00 a.m. at Starbucks Coffee Shop at Kerbey and Mesa.

He will be part of  a special EPISD Field Trip initiative with the El Paso Museum of Art, in Master Classes for students of UTEP’s Department of Music, appear for students of the La Fe Preparatory School at La Fe’s Cultural and Technology Center, the Ysleta Independent School District, the El Paso Symphony Orchestra, “Tocando,” program   and in Concert in El Paso and Las Cruces.

“Alongside UTEP’s Center for Arts Entrepreneurship, this is an ideal scenario for young talent seeking careers in music in the 21st century. The Young Artist Development series allows these tremendous students to engage young students in a world of music and at the same time, learning the tools of success of Musical performance,” said Zuill Bailey.

“It is such a wonderful opportunity to showcase great talent from Peabody, my alma mater, with my home here in El Paso.”

Zuill Bailey travels to the Peabody Conservatory each year,  for a special audition to select young musicians for the Young Artist Development Series. Nathan Cornelius is the fourth student to participate in the program that kicks off in El Paso each year. Previous ” YADS,” winners, include violinist and pianist Nikita and Margarita Borisevich, Marquee Brass and Trio Jinx, all who have gone on to amazing careers with El Paso as the ” first stop,” in their success.

Nathan will appear in a Special “Twilight Tour,” Concert at the Double Eagle in Old Mesilla at 6:00 p.m.  on Thursday, November 30. He will appear in Concert  at UTEP’s Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, December 1.

Tickets are available online and by calling the El Paso Pro-Musica Office at 915-747-8163. Tickets are also available at the door and Student Tickets are only $5.00.

El Paso Pro-Musica’s 40th Anniversary Season kicks off with Artistic Director and Multiple Grammy Award Winner Zuill Bailey and Pianist Elizabeth De Mio in a one of a kind interactive Concert.

The program, “The Five B’s” features the works of Beethoven, Boccherini, Bruch, Bloch and Bailey, providing insight and guiding audience members on an exceptional musical journey  highlighting the amazing works to be performed.

Included are Hebraic Masterpieces including the “Kol Nidrei,” arranged by Max Bruch and the Schelomo: Hebraic Rhapsody by Ernest Bloch.

While in El Paso, Elizabeth De Mio will conduct Master Classes with students of the Department of Music as part of UTEP’s Center for Arts Entrepreneurship. Elizabeth and Zuill will also engage in the community with Educational Outreach including a stop at Deanna Davenport Elementary in Canutillo.

Elizabeth De Mio is part of the faculty at the Collaborative Piano Department of the renowned Cleveland Institute of Music.

The Concerts in El Paso and Las Cruces kick off the season, and marks 16 years that Zuill Bailey has been at the helm as Artistic Director of El Paso Pro-Musica.

Zuill Bailey and Elizabeth De Mio in Concert

Sunday, November 5

UTEP’s Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall  |  2:00 p.m.

Monday, November 6

Rio Grande Theater- Las Cruces  |  7:30 p.m.

For tickets go to www.eppm.org or call 915-833-9400. Ticket are also available at the door. All student tickets are only $5.00.

The University of Texas at El Paso and El Paso Pro-Musica are teaming up to create the Center for Arts Entrepreneurship (CAE) that will become operational in fall 2017 on the UTEP campus.

The center will engage students in a variety of projects and workshops geared around resume enhancement, creating digital portfolios, audience development, and creating performance opportunities, said Steve Wilson, DMA, Department of Music chair.

In its first year, the center will offer a series of weeklong artist-in-residence workshops featuring world-renowned musicians from a variety of backgrounds. The residencies will allow UTEP music students to have up-close, meaningful interactions with these artists.

Additionally, the center will host workshops on working with the media in cooperation with the Department of Communication, resume development and job interviewing with local arts leaders, and will sponsor creative activity innovation grants to incorporate concepts from the center into capstone projects.

The center will officially be housed in the Department of Music in UTEP’s College of Liberal Arts.

“Through hands-on, intensive interactions with nationally renowned artists, the CAE will help students develop communication skills, both written and verbal, improve audience engagement, provide real-life performing opportunities at a variety of on-campus and community engagement events, and help students in the arts understand the workings behind the scenes required to make arts events happen,” Wilson said.

Zuill Bailey, senior lecturer of cello at UTEP and artistic director of El Paso Pro-Musica, will be the center’s artistic director.

“Basically we’re teaching artists, musicians, creative types to think outside the box and to (help artists) affect communities through their craft in ways they didn’t know possible,” Bailey said.

Currently he works on a program for high school students that works much like the center will, but on a collegiate level.

The Young Artist Development Series, like the Center for Arts Entrepreneurship, is forging a partnership designed to enhance the study of music through performance and first-hand experience in the business of classical music. The collaboration with El Paso Pro-Musica and the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University is under Bailey’s artistic leadership. This program works to develop undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students looking at careers in music in the 21st century.

Patricia Witherspoon, Ph.D., dean of the College of Liberal Arts, said Bailey is an outstanding choice for the founding director of this innovative organization.

“His international reputation as a musician, his vast networks of leaders in the arts, and his creative ideas for the purpose of the center are just a few of the many reasons he is poised to make this a world-class initiative,” Witherspoon said.

El Paso Pro-Musica (EPPM), founded in 1977, is devoted to making chamber music available to the community by bringing world-renowned artists to El Paso to perform and educate audiences. El Paso Pro-Musica’s relationship with UTEP has grown even stronger since Bailey became a faculty member in 2004.

“For the last couple of seasons, EPPM has ensured that the visiting artists conduct master classes for the Department of Music students,” said Felipa Solis, El Paso Pro-Musica executive director. “All of the amazing musicians who perform in the region are also educators. For instance, members of the renowned Juilliard String Quartet are accomplished professors. El Paso Pro-Musica will work hand-in-hand with the Department of Music and all of the arts on campus to develop a curriculum to ensure the highest caliber training and guidance for careers in the 21st century.”

The center will work with local arts groups to help train students in the arts to be prepared to enter the 21st century arts environment with a solid background in marketing, audience development, media relations, grant writing, fundraising, and the ability to perform a wide range of music in a wide range of styles in a variety of settings.

Ultimately the center could grow to offer a minor in arts entrepreneurship for students pursuing liberal arts degree programs.

Wilson announced the new center before a free public lecture by Greg Sandow, an American music critic, composer, writer, consultant and professor on April 4, 2017. Sandow spoke about “The Future of Classical Music: How We Should Change” as part of UTEP’s Centennial Lecture Series.

Sandow is a leading voice on the future of classical music and how musicians need to change to continue the classical music tradition with modern audiences.

El Paso Pro-Musica’s  Young Artist Development Series Residency, in conjunction with Johns Hopkins University and the Peabody School of Music, presents “Trio Jinx. “

“Trio Jinx ” will perform during a very special week of musical events around the city, culminating in a special Family Concert on Saturday, April 8, at 5:00 p.m.

“Trio Jinx,” is made up of Graduate students from the Peabody School of Music, Louna Dekker Vargas, flute, Ledah Fink, violin/viola and Yoshiaki Horiguchi, Double Bass. Ledah is from the Blue Ridge Mountains who trained as a classical violinist in a folk-inspired world. Flutist Louna, split her childhood between a small French country village in Montfort-L’ Amaury to fast paced New York City.

Double bassist Yoshi was born in Tokyo, with a backround in Physics. Together, they are creating new sounds, energies and hope to find success in the classical, contemporary and folk worlds. They were specially selected for their innovative style by El Paso Pro-Musica Artistic Director Zuill Bailey.

The Young Artist Development Series is a project that provides a curriculum with tools for communication and the business of music. Specially selected students spend a week in the region and work with Zuill Bailey to develop their careers in music in the 21st century/

Their residency will include appearances at Senior Centers, working with Schools throughout the City, UTEP Department of Music Master Classes and special impromptu “Pop Up” Concerts including an appearance for the Downtown Lions Club on Friday, April 6 at Noon at the El Paso Club, Hillside Coffee House on Friday, April 7 at 9:00 a.m. and the Starbucks on Mesa and Kerbey on Saturday, April 8 at 9:00 a.m.

The week will also celebrate the Grammy Win by renowned cellist Zuill Bailey. He will receive a proclamation from the City and perform at City Council on Tuesday, April 4 at 8:00 a.m. He will also be toasted at a Special Pop Up Concert and Champagne Toast at the El Paso Museum of Art at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 6. “Trio Jinx,” will perform at the El Paso Museum of Art for the celebration.

All tickets for the special April 8, Concert, featuring “Trio Jinx,” are $5.00, call the office at 915-833-9400 or go to www.eppm.org. The specially marked $5.00 tickets can also be purchased at the door.

All concert tickets are interchangeable for El Paso Pro-Musica.

Grammy Award winning Guitarist Jason Vieaux performs this week, during the third week of music presented by El Paso Pro-Musica’s Chamber Music Festival ’17.

His first performance will be during the Bach’s Lunch presentation this Thursday at Noon at the El Paso Museum of Art and sponsored by the United Bank of El Paso Del Norte. The concerts are Free and will feature the music of Spain in “Viva Espana,” which coincides with the annual collaboration with the El Paso Symphony Orchestra.

Vieaux performs the well known composition, “Concierto de Aranjuez,” by Joaquin Rodrigo with the El Paso Symphony Orchestra on January 20 and 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the Plaza Theater.

Jason Vieaux will also provide a Master Class to students of the UTEP Department of Music in the Guitar Section. El Paso Pro-Musica works hand in hand with UTEP to provide Master Classes featuring the artists who perform in the El Paso Pro-Musica Main Series.

The Grammy Nominated Guitarist will perform in a solo concert featuring works by amazing composers of Spain for the Chamber Music Festival on Sunday, January 22 at 2:00 p.m. at UTEP’s Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall. For tickets call 915-833-9400 or vist www.eppm.org.

The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University and El Paso Pro-Musica, under the artistic direction of Peabody alumnus and world renowned cellist, Zuill Bailey, are preparing to launch the second season of the Young Artist Development Series.

The program is designed to bring the study of musical performance beyond mastery of technique and musicianship and into the context of community engagement.

 “I am thrilled to once again create unique scenarios and inspiration for a new generation of performers like the Marquee Brass,” says Bailey. We are working to show all of the amazing Young Artist Development Series recipients more about a life in music and how they too can work to enrich the lives of others, engage communities and to show them how communities unite and lives are transformed through the power of music.”

The second recipients of the internship are the “Marquee Brass,” an energetic quintet of graduate and doctoral students at the Peabody Conservatory.

The ensemble was selected by a team from Peabody, Zuill Bailey and El Paso Pro-Musica Executive Director Felipa Solis based on their musicianship, artistic collaboration, communication skills and experience in connecting with diverse audiences.

The Marquee Brass will travel to El Paso  for a week of performance and community engagement experience from November 7-12. 

Their internship will include musical outreach, both at schools and public venues including master classes at the University of Texas at El Paso, concert appearances in El Paso and Las Cruces, New Mexico and special presentations.

They will appear on KTEP and network television affiliates in the region in performance and to discuss their participation in the YADS. The quintet will work alongside El Paso Pro-Musica Artistic Director Zuill Bailey, who will teach them the tools of making music accessible to all, and making community engagement a part of their respective careers.

Marquee Brass in Concert:

Thursday, November 10

Rio Grande Theater- Las Cruces

7:30 p.m.

Saturday, November 12

UTEP Union Cinema- Union Building East- 1ST floor

7:30 p.m.