the paulbaileyensemble is an alt-classical garage band that plays the music of a variety of living and dead composers. The group was created in 2002 as d.i.y. forum outside the usual and limited channels of art music presentation.

upcoming performances

REALNEWMUSIC 2008

featuring

Steve Moshier's Liquid Skin Ensemble
John Marr / Brother Mallard
PBE (requiem for a high homicide enclave)
Special Guest Composers
Melody Versoza, soprano

Saturday, June 21, 2008, 7:00 pm
Tickets $10.00 / $7.50 / $5.00 (students & seniors)
The Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Performing Arts
Whittier College, 6760 Painter Ave., Whittier
Box Office: 562.907.4203
Google map to the Shannon Center

with Killsonic

Saturday, June 7th 11pm ( live on KXLU )

Saturday, June 14th, 8pm Edgar Varela Fine Arts

Sept 25th 2008, CSUF Recital Hall, 8:30pml

life's to short CD coming fall 08

requiem for a high homicide enclave (trailer) from paul bailey on Vimeo.

is based on a deconstruction of Purcell's Funeral Music for Queen Mary (1694) based on excerpts from the from the LA Times Homicide Report which documents every murder that takes place in Los Angeles County using blog posts, comments, and Google Maps.

(this version is probably best viewed full screen)

"The Paul Bailey Ensemble is out of the garage and on the way up."

Josef Woodard, LA Times

"The Paul Bailey Ensemble, with trombonist/composer Bailey at its head, was the party group, fun and brash and ebullient."

Tim Mangan, OC Register