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Jackson Leung

Conductor 

Jackson Leung is Coordinator of Keyboard Studies and Director of the Chamber Orchestra at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. In addition to earning the L. R. S. M. performance diploma from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, London, in 1979, Dr. Leung received his degrees in Piano Performance from Hong Kong Baptist University, Temple University, and the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati. Jackson Leung has received numerous awards including top prizes at the Missouri Southern International Competition, the Young Keyboard Artists Association International Piano Competition, Ohio Music Teachers Association/Graves Teachers Duo Competition (1996 and 1998), the Albert Roussel Prize at the École Normale de Musique, Paris, and the Conductor of Exceptional Merit Award at the International Orchestral Repertoire Workshop in Hradéc Kralové, Czech Republic.

As a conductor, he has led the Wright State University Orchestras in performances at the Ohio Music Education Association Professional Conference in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2005. He also led the WSU Orchestras in performances. Leung has served as a guest conductor for the Hradéc Kralové Philharmonic, Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic, the Seven Hills Sinfonietta, The Pan Asia Symphony, and the Hong Kong Children’s Symphony Orchestra.

As a soloist, duo pianist with his wife, Benita, and a chamber musician, he has performed in various occasions in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Macau, Paris and many other cities all over the world.

A sought-after adjudicator, Leung has judged numerous competitions including the Music Teachers National Association Regional Auditions, College-Conservatory of Music Piano Scholarship and Concerto Competitions, Miami University Young Artist Competition, Columbus Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, Hong Kong Music Festival, and Macao Music Competition, among others. He has written articles for music periodicals such as Clavier, Keyboard Companion, The Instrumentalist, American Music Teachers, and Triad.  He has also presented lectures at the Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, World Piano Pedagogy Conference, College Music Society National and Regional Conferences, and the Ohio Music Education Association Professional Conference. Leung is on the artist faculty of the International Institute for Young Musicians at the University of Kansas.