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• B.M. Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY, 1984
• M.M. Yale School of Music/Yale Institute of Sacred Music, New Haven, CT, 1989 (Thesis: "Composing Orthodox Liturgical Music: An Approach to Setting English Texts")
• Conducting Fellow, Conductors Institute, Hartt School of Music, Hartford, CT, 1991-1992

 Articles

• “Even Punctuation can be Theological,” Jacob’s Well (upcoming Summer 2008).
• "Tradition and Change in the New World: The Role of Music in Liturgy Today," Psalm Notes vol. 8, no. 1 (Spring 2004).
• "Ancient Ideas and Innovative Contours: Rachmaninoff's Pervasive Composition Use of Chant," PSALM Music Journal, (upcoming).
• "Toward a Living Tradition of Liturgical Music in Orthodox America," St. Vladimir's Theological Quarterly vol. 47, no. 2 (2003), 183-209.
• "The Impact of Translated Text on Musical Form in Byzantine Liturgical Practice," Logos: A Journal of Eastern Christian Studies vol. 41-42 (2001-2002), 129-153.
• "Psalmic Music in Orthodox Liturgy as Foundation, Movement, and Ministry," Jacob's Well (Summer 2000), 21-25.
• "A Lenten Look at Liturgical Music"
  Based on paper given at Holy Trinity Greek Archdiocesan Cathedral, New York City, on March 18, 1999.
• "Liturgical Singing as Icon," Psalm Notes vol. 3, no. 1 (Fall 1998), 1-3.
• "The Ministry and Song of the Liturgical Assembly," Jacob's Well (Spring/Summer 1998), 26-30.
• "Fundamental Concepts in Vocal Technique and How They Apply to Orthodox Sacred Singing," Psalm Notes vol. 2, no. 1 (Spring 1997), 1, 13-17.
• "Composing Orthodox Liturgical Music in the Contemporary World," St. Vladimir's Theological Quarterly vol. 40, nos. 1 & 2 (1996), 65-75.
• Numerous papers, presentations, and workshops given annually at academic symposia,  the St. Vladimir's Summer Institute, and for national diocesan music conferences and pan-Orthodox liturgical gatherings, 1989-present.

 Video & Audio

• "Making English Sing," PSALM National Conference, DVD, PSALM Inc., 2006
• "How Liturgy Informs Musical Practice," PSALM National Conference, DVD, PSALM Inc., 2006
• "Composing for the English Language," Panel Discussion, PSALM National Conference, DVD, PSALM Inc., 2006
• New Haven Oratorio Choir Live! Mark Bailey, cond.
  CD and audio cassette, NHOC, Inc., 1999.
• Slavic Sacred and Secular Choral works, Mark Bailey, cond. (with the Yale Russian Chorus) CD forthcoming.
• Chants and Carols, Mark Bailey, cond. (with the Yale Russian Chorus)
  CD, Epiphany Recordings, Inc., 1996.
• "Psalmic Music in Orthodox Liturgy as Foundation, Movement, and Ministry"
  Audio cassette, Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church, Claremont, NH, 1998.
• "Singing Texts in Translation"
  Audio cassette, SVS Press, 1998.
• "Panel Discussion on Translations", with Bishop Kallistos Ware, Archimandrite Ephrem (Lash), Paul Meyendorff et. al.
  Audio cassette, SVS Press, 1998.
• "The Life of Worship through Music"
  Video, Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church, Wayne, NJ, 1998.
• Keynote lectures I & II (on composition) and composition seminar sessions, Liturgical Singing Seminar
  Audio cassette, c/o Psalm Notes, Ben Lomand, CA, 1998.
• "The Choir Rehearsal: Planning, Preparation, and Rehearsal Techniques"
  Audio cassette, SVS Press, 1996.
• "The Question of Transcription: Determining the Criteria"
  Audio cassette, SVS Press, 1995.
• "Orthodox Music Today: Contemporary Chant"
  Audio cassette, SVS Press, 1994.

 Professional Experience

• Program Director, Peter Prokofieff Advanced Certificate in Liturgical Music, St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, 2008.
• Lecturer in Liturgical Music, St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, 1992 - 2008.
• Professor of the Fine Arts, Pace University, begins Fall 2005.
• Fellow, Davenport College, Yale University, 2004-present.
• FreshmAn Advisor, Davenport College, Yale University, 2004-present.
• Artistic Director, Yale Russian Chorus, Inc., 1995-present.
• Music Director, New Haven Oratorio Choir and Orchestra, Inc., 1993-present.
• Music Director, Westchester Concert Singers, begins summer 2005.
• Music Director, Manchester Symphonic Chorale, 1999-2004.
• Principle Guest Conductor, Manchester Symphony Orchestra, 1999-2004.
• Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director, Benchmark Performance Series, 1997-2001.
• Artistic Director and Co-founder, New England Benefit Orchestra, 1993-1996.
• Research Associate, Historical Sound Recordings, Yale Music Library, New Haven, CT, 1998-present.
• Music Editor, Psalm Notes, 1998-present.
• Reviewer/Critic of sacred music recordings, Musica Russica, 1997-2003.
• Music Director, Benjamin Britten Project Orchestra, 1992.
• Music Director, Sine Nomine Chamber Choir, Yale University, 1990-1993.
• Artistic Director, Festival Chamber Orchestra at Yale, 1986-1989.
• Asst. Conductor, Yale Camerata, 1986-1989.
• Conductor, Penfield Senior High Youth Orchestras, 1984-1985.
• Asst. Conductor, Eastman Philharmonia and Symphony Orchestras, 1983-1984.
• Asst. Conductor, Eastman Opera Department, 1983-1984.
• Keynote speaker: Diocesan Assembly of the South, Liturgical Singing Seminar, 1998, Common Quest Foundation at Yale, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, etc.

 Church Activities

• Vice-Presiden, PSALM, 2006 - present.
• Consultant and Committee Member, Metropolitan's Committee on Liturgy and Music, Orthodox Church in America, 2002-present.
• Committee Member, Department of Liturgical Music, Orthodox Church in America, 1985-1987
• Director of Liturgical Music and Choir Consultant, St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church, Rochester, NY (Choir Director, 1982-1985), 1986-present.
• Co-Founder, Board of Directors Member and Committee Chair, PSALM, 1998-present.
• Music Editor and Executive Committee Member, Psalm Notes, Ben Lomand, CA, 1998-present.
• Liturgical music lecturer, conference/workshop leader, and guest conductor, 1992-present.
• Liturgical music composer, 1983-present.
• Liturgical music consultant, St. Stephen's Orthodox Church, Orlando, FL, 1997-2000.
• Liturgical music composition and conducting consultant/tutor, 1995-present.

Professional Activities & Bio

Mr. Bailey currently serves on the faculty of St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary in Crestwood, New York, where he teaches composition, analysis, choral leadership, and Church Slavonic, and serves on the conducting staff for the chapel choirs. Recently, Mr. Bailey was named Program Director for the Peter Prokofiev Advanced Certificate in Liturgical Music at St. Vladimir’s Seminary, a unique one-year intensive program designed by Mr. Bailey, for the training of choir directors. In 2007 he also founded and led the Composers Seminar at St. Vladimir’s. As well, he is vice-president of PSALM, an international organization dedicated to Orthodox sacred music. At PSALM’s first international conference during the summer of 2006, Mr. Bailey served as music director and principal conductor, leading a conference choir of 150 choir directors and expert singers. He also instructs and coaches voice privately, especially in 18th century period performance technique.

Though broadly experienced in the choral, orchestral, and operatic repertoires, Mark Bailey’s field of professional expertise focuses on Slavic and Baroque/Classical music performance practice. Among his recent performance activities, in November 2006 Mr. Bailey guest conducted Cappella Romana, a professional chamber choir based in Portland, Oregon, in a program of Russian choral music featuring the Tchaikovsky Divine Liturgy. The Oregonian called the performance “pure, sumptuous pleasure,” and praised Mr. Bailey for his style of interpretation. He will be returning to Portland and Seattle in October, 2008, to conduct Cappella Romana in a program of works from the Ukrainian Baroque era.

The New York Times and other publications have noted Mr. Bailey in particular as a leading expert in the field of Slavic choral music, a topic on which he lectures throughout the country, especially at Lincoln Center as a featured speaker on the Great Performers Series. At the 2007 Mostly Mozart Festival, Mr. Bailey delivered a standing-room only lecture comparing the Fauré Requiem to the Rachmaninoff All-Night Vigil. Among his recordings, Mr. Bailey’s 1996 CD with the Yale Russian Chorus (YRC), a renowned ensemble for which he is artistic director, was placed on The New York Times “Critics’ Choice List” as well as listed as a “must have” by National Public Radio’s “Performance Today” and several major publications, including Billboard Magazine, The Richmond Times, and The New Haven Advocate. A new YRC recording is due for release in the Spring of 2008.

Mr. Bailey’s most recent appearance at Carnegie Hall as guest conductor for a gala concert commemorating Russian poet Alexander Pushkin, which featured some of Russia’s finest opera singers, was praised by New York Times critic Bernard Holland. The Hartford Courant has also featured Mr. Bailey’s unique programming and repertoire selections as a conductor. In addition, Mr. Bailey lectures and publishes on sacred music throughout the country, and is extensively involved with period performance practice for choral and instrumental works. He was also chosen to participate both in the in the 2007 and 2008 Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute, Toronto, Canada, as a conductor.

As a composer, Mr. Bailey was commissioned in 2007 by Yale instructor Scott Hartman and the Yale Trombones to compose a piece for them, which premiered in Hartford, Connecticut, in early May 2008. Mr. Bailey’s instrumental and choral compositions have also premiered at Lincoln Center, Yale University, Boston’s renowned Emmanuel Church, throughout the United States, and St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow, Russia. Mr. Bailey is also co-founder and co-director of the Benchmark Performance Series on Cape Cod, and creator of the annual Slavic Music Festival at Yale University.

Currently, in addition to his activities as a performer, instructor, and composer, Mr. Bailey is a Research Associate at the Yale Music Library and a Fellow at Yale University’s Davenport College, where he is also an advisor to freshmen and sophomores. Mr. Bailey earned his music degrees at the Eastman School of Music and at the Yale School of Music (through the Yale Institute of Sacred Music), Yale University. He has studied conducting principally with Harold Farberman, Marguerite Brooks, and David Effron, and has coached with Daniel Lewis. His former conducting positions include co-founder and Music Director of the New England Benefit Orchestra, Boston, Massachusetts, Artistic Director of the Festival Chamber Orchestra at Yale, New Haven, Connecticut, Assistant Conductor of the Heidelberg Castle Opera Festival, Heidelberg, Germany, Assistant Conductor of the Eastman School of Music Philharmonia Symphony Orchestra and Department of Opera, Rochester, New York, and several others. He also directs the Westchester Concert Singers.