Next Level Cellist Practicing Issue

and stimulate the audiences to be our audiences.
I had a student recently say that he was graduating, and he told me he wanted to do what I do. I asked him what he thought I did. His answer
was “Play concerts.” I was shocked! The concerts are one sliver of what a person can do. If it were all based on concerts alone, it would be very
limited. On every trip I take, I get off the plane, and the first thing I ask is “How can I help?” I perform in prisons, libraries, nursing homes,
anywhere that will have me. I have played in a neonatal ICU for the mothers and the young babies, using the power of music to soothe and heal.
I give classes at the local universities for the cellists there. I perform free concerts for Rotary Clubs and other service organizations. This is all in
addition to playing the Elgar concerto, for instance with a Symphony Orchestra. During the five days I am in a particular city, I can play a piece
twice on paper, but then again about 17 times around that. I even do “Show and Tell” projects at area elementary schools so the kids can learn
about the basic fundamentals of the cello. Many students feel like they simply cannot run at this pace, but this is the reality of what I do.
What drives me is seeing how music changes people. That’s why I get on a plane every day, and wake up in a different place every day, to see that
one moment where people can escape through the power of music.
Music
DEPARTMENT of
The String Area and The UTEP Symphony Orchestra
congratulate
Mr. Zuill Bailey
for his many significant
achievements and for his
consummate service to UTEP and our musical
community.
Stephanie Meyers, String Area Coordinator
Violin, Viola
Stephen Nordstrom
Violin, Viola
Zuill Bailey
Cello
Erik Unsworth
String Bass
Lowell E. Graham
Director of Orchestral Activities
18 SUMMER 2014 NEXT LEVEL CELLIST