GRAMMY Award winner Jerry Blackstone is a leading conductor and highly respected conducting pedagogue. Now emeritus professor of conducting, he served on the faculty of the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance for thirty years where as director of choirs he led the graduate program in choral conducting and oversaw the University’s eleven choirs. In1988-2002, Professor Blackstone led the ensemble in performances at ACDA (American Choral Directors Association) national and division conventions and on extensive concert tours throughout Australia, Eastern and Central Europe, Asia, South America, and the United States. From 2003-2015, Dr. Blackstone served as conductor and music director of the University Musical Society (UMS) Choral Union. In February 2006, he received two GRAMMY Awards (“Best Choral Performance” and “Best Classical Album”) as chorus master for the critically acclaimed Naxos recording of William Bolcom’s Songs of Innocence and of Experience. In 2017, NCCO (National Collegiate Choral Organization) presented him with its prestigious Lifetime Achievement Membership Award.