Jason Ikeem Rodgers has emerged as one of the brightest young musical conductors in the world, winning several awards that date back to 2001. Today, Rodgers is the musical director of the Clarkston Civic Orchestra in Georgia and has an assembled an all-Black ensemble he’s named Orchestra Noir.
Rodgers is originally a native a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and attended school at the Cleveland Institute of Music where he obtained a professional studies degree in orchestral conducting. He then attended the University of North Carolina School of Arts where he earned master’s in orchestral conducting and a bachelor’s in piano performance.
The conductor’s talents have been globally recognized, with his most recent award occurring in August 2015 after he won the first prize in the London Classical Soloists Competition. He’ll also be joining the group in concert as part of their European tour in 2016. A year prior, Rodgers won the International Conducting Competition in Atlanta, Ga., and was also first prize winner of a conducting competition held by the Orchestra, da Camera Fiorentina in Florence, Italy.
Little Known Black History Fact: Jason Ikeem Rodgers was originally published on blackamericaweb.com
