Elena mullins Bailey
Executive Director
Dr. Elena Mullins Bailey is a passionate performer and educator of early music. She co-founded two medieval ensembles, Trobár (Cleveland) and Alkemie (Brooklyn). With Trobár, she leads a monthly series of community participation events called MuckAbouts; audience members are invited to join in on a variety of historical performance practices, including singing Renaissance polyphony and learning 15th c. dances. In 2024 she helped co-found a summer chant camp for grade and high school children. As a performer of period chamber music she has appeared with Les Délices, The Newberry Consort, Early Music Access Project, the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, and Apollo’s Fire. She holds a DMA in Historical Performance Practice from CWRU and a BA in Musical Arts from The Eastman School of Music. She returned to CWRU in 2016, where she directs the Early Music Singers and the Collegium Musicum, and teaches classes on baroque dance, medieval music history, and the development of musical notation. Since 2019 she has also taught on the voice faculty at Cleveland State University. In 2023 she and her husband Brian welcomed their beautiful daughter Laura into the world.
