This season, Jamie will collaborate with celebrated guest artists, including Geneva Lewis, Stephen Clark, and pianist Jeffrey Biegel for the Alabama premiere of Peter Boyer’s Rhapsody in Red, White, and Blue in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. Jamie’s commitment to enriching Montgomery's musical landscape is also evident in the orchestra's engaging pops series, featuring exhilarating film-in-concert performances such as Jurassic Park, Star Wars: A New Hope, and Home Alone. He also leads the MSO in the annual Joyce Caldwell Holiday Pops this season featuring America’s Got Talent alumnus Jimmie Herrod. Jamie’s dedication to inspiring young audiences shines through in the annual performances of Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute's Link Up series, which is set to reach a record number of students across Montgomery and central Alabama.
 

In previous seasons, Jamie has refined his craft through participation in prestigious international conducting masterclasses and competitions. He has trained at the Lucerne Festival Masterclass with Bernard Haitink, the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music with Cristian Măcelaru, and masterclasses with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra under Marin Alsop. He has been recognized in the final rounds of the Gregorz Fitelberg and Besançon conducting competitions, where he led the Filharmonia Śląska and L’Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté. Jamie has been honored with awards such as the Artistic Excellence Fellowship from Indiana University, the Peabody Career Development Grant from Johns Hopkins University, and the Thelma A. Robinson Award from the International Conductors Guild and the National Federation of Music Clubs.

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An advocate for music education, Jamie frequently works with students throughout the United States, conducting orchestra festivals in Maine, Maryland, Alabama. Prior to joining the MSO, Jamie served as interim Director of Orchestral Studies at the University of Alabama, where he conducted Tobias Picker’s Thérèse Raquin, a production which earned a prestigious award from the National Opera Association. Jamie holds degrees in conducting from Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music and the Johns Hopkins University Peabody Conservatory, where he had the privilege of being mentored by esteemed conductors such as Marin Alsop, David Effron, Arthur Fagen, John Ratledge, and Joseph Young.