Bailey Grogan
Adjunct Faculty, Jazz Voice
School of Music
College of Performing and Visual Arts
Contact Information
Mailing Address
University of Northern Colorado
School of Music
Campus Box
Greeley, CO 80639
Education
- University of Miami, Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A) in Studio Music and Jazz Voice,
Minor in Musicology (2023)
- California State University – Long Beach, Master of Music (M.M.) in Jazz Studies,
Voice (2019)
- Indiana University – Bloomington, Bachelor of Music (B.M.) in Jazz Studies, Voice
(2017)
Professional/Academic Experience
- Presentation at the Jazz Education Network Conference (2024), University of Nevada
Reno Jazz Festival (2024), College Music Society Conference (2023), and 3 Minute Thesis
Competition for "A Study of the Lives and Careers of Six Black Female Jazz Instrumentalists.”
- Faculty, Voice at Colorado Conservatory of Jazz Arts
- Professional jazz vocalists and freelance musician around the Front Range.
Other Experience
- Professional sound healer conducting monthly sound baths and private sessions around
the Front Range.
Research/Areas of Interest
- Black American Music
- Queer studies in jazz history
- Women's rights
- Feminism in jazz
- Advocacy in underrepresented populations in jazz history
Publications/Creative Works
Grogan, Bailey E. (2019, July). “This is America: Symbolism and Imagery in the Musical
Work of Childish Gambino.” California State University, Long Beach.
Grogan, Bailey H. (2023, July) “A Study of the Lives and Careers of Six Black Female
Jazz Instrumentalists: Valaida Snow, Pauline Braddy, Melba Liston, Clora Bryant, Terry
Pollard, and Dorothy Ashby.” University of Miami.
“Meditations: Recorded Live at the Tank for Sonic Arts” Album of improvised meditations
recorded in Rangely, CO at The Tank (2023)
UPCOMING:
"Three Sides of a Story" Bailey Hinkley Grogan, (Spring 2024)
-Debut jazz record which consists of a compilation of duos. This album features Grogan
alongside some of the finest jazz musicians in Colorado, including Annie Booth (piano),
Tim Wendel (guitar), Matt Smiley (bass), and Rocco Williams (vibraphone).
"Solstice: A Live Sound Bath Experience Live at Mighty Fine" (Winter 2024)
Honors and Awards
- Outstanding Creative Activity for “This is America: Symbolism and Imagery in the Musical
Work of Childish Gambino." (2019), California State University Long Beach
- Outstanding Performance in Graduate
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