Two Southeast musicians recognized by Musical America’s 30 Innovators in Classical Music

JUNEAU, SITKA — Juneau Jazz & Classics new artistic director, William Ransom, and Zuill Bailey of the Sitka Summer Musical Festival, a frequent artist at JJ&C, were recognized by Musical America’s 30 Innovators in Classical Music.

Ransom is a pianist and director of piano studies at Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta, and this year his “Listening to Memories,” a solo CD of Bach, Chopin, Brahms and Scott Joplin, was released on the ACA label. He is also artistic director of the Highland-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival in North Carolina during the summer.

Bailey has performed and recorded with orchestras all over the United States, as well as in Austria, Israel and South Africa. He wishes to make classical music accessible to all, even in nontraditional settings. He performs in schools, neo-natal intensive care units, hospices, oncology centers and homeless shelters; he gives annual performances with the women’s orchestra of the Hiland Mountain Correctional Center.

Juneau Jazz & Classics new Artistic Director, William Ransom has been recognized by Musical America’s 30 Innovators in Classical Music. He is also the artistic director of El Paso Pro-Musica, Northwest Bach Festival and professor of cello at the University of Texas at El Paso.

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