Thursday, Nov. 13 at 12:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Music/Art building, conductor Laura Jackson will speak on women leaders in the arts.
Ms. Jackson will be conducting the South Carolina Philharmonic Orchestra on
November 15.

Since completing an appointment as the Assistant Conductor of the Atlanta
Symphony Orchestra in 2007, Laura Jackson has maintained an active career as
a guest conductor with orchestras across the United States. During the
2007–08 season, Ms. Jackson appeared with the symphonies of Alabama,
Berkeley, Billings Montana, Boca Raton, Detroit, Sacramento, and Wyoming, as
well as the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra and the New World Symphony. Her season
closed with a return to the Atlanta Symphony for subscription concerts in
May and a recording with the Bournemouth Symphony in England.

During her three-year tenure in Atlanta, Ms. Jackson conducted the Young
People's Concerts, Symphony 360º Series, Summer Classical Concerts, as well
as several ASO Classical Subscription Series concerts. She remained active
as a guest conductor with engagements including the symphonies of Winnipeg,
Toronto, Toledo, San Antonio, and Baltimore. In 2005 she performed with the
Colorado Symphony as winner of the Taki Concordia Fellowship.

Prior to her appointment to Atlanta, Ms. Jackson studied conducting at the
University of Michigan and attended the Tanglewood Music Center in 2003 as
the Seiji Ozawa Conducting Fellow where she directed concerts of both
traditional and contemporary repertoire.

Visit www.laurajackson.net to learn more about Laura Jackson.

Photo credit: Daemon Baizan, Atlanta