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Zuill has performed with the symphony orchestras of Chicago, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Louisville, Milwaukee, Minnesota, San Francisco, Toronto and Utah. He has also made numerous international appearances, including celebrated performances with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra during its 50th anniversary tour of Russia. Zuill appeared on the HBO hit show Oz. In the show's fi rst season (1998), he portrayed the "murderous cellist" Eugene Dobbins, who was sentenced to prison for killing a violinist (with his cello) in a jealous rage. Zuill's character subsequently died in a prison riot. He returned for the show's final season in 2003, playing Bach from the grave/prison cell in a segment called, "Sonata da Oz." Bailey performs on a 1693 Matteo Gofriller Cello, formerly owned by Mischa Schneider of the Budapest String Quartet. In addition to his extensive touring engagements, he is the Artistic Director of El Paso Pro Musica and Professor of Cello at the University of Texas at El Paso. Bailey endorses Thomastik Infeld Strings with Connolly and Company Music.His Telarc debut of Russian Masterpieces for Cello includes Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme and the Nocturne in D Minor Op. 19 No. 4, and Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 107.