Judith Bailey (composer)

Judith Margaret Bailey (18 July 1941 – 16 March 2025) was a Cornish clarinettist, composer and conductor. Bailey was born in Camborne, Cornwall. She studied at the Royal Academy of Music from 1959 to 1963. From 1971 she worked as a composer and conductor. Bailey conducted the Southampton Concert Orchestra and Petersfield Orchestra (where she succeeded Kathleen Merritt in 1972) for almost 30 years before returning to her native Cornwall around 2001 where she conducted the Cornwall Chamber Orchestra and the Penzance Orchestral Society. Bailey died on 16 March 2025 in Cornwall after a short illness. Selected works *Trencrom, symphonic poem, 1978 *Symphony, 1981 *Symphony, 1982 *Seascape, for women’s chorus, woodwind trio and orchestra, 1985 *Penwith, overture, 1986 *Fiesta for orchestra, 1988 *Concerto for clarinet and strings, 1988 *Havas for orchestra, 1991 *Joplinesque for wind band *Festive Concert Piece for wind band References External links *