The Latest Breaking News from Jeri Lynne Johnson

Black conductors are picking up the baton, but challenges remain

PHILADELPHIA — When Jeri Lynne Johnson made it to the finals of an orchestra tryout in California and didn’t get the job, she didn’t think much of it.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Oct 26, 2022

3-day festival at Ravinia celebrates women conductors, considers their challenges

Marin Alsop, the accomplished chief conductor spearheading the event, says there is much work to do ‘to create a more equitable landscape for the future.’

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 22, 2022

‘Quamino’s Map,’ a world premiere opera in Chicago, explores the ‘burning desire’ for freedom

Chicago Opera Theater presents the piece about Black Americans settling in London after the Revolutionary War.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 19, 2022