Guest conductor Jennifer Huang makes her Lake County Symphony Orchestra debut this September. 

Jennifer Huang is a Taiwanese-American conductor currently serving as Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of the Northwestern Medical Orchestra and Music Director of the Chicago Bar Association Symphony Orchestra. Her most recent engagements include Music Director of the Merit School of Music Chamber Orchestra and Music Director of Thompson Street Opera Co. Before locating to Chicago in 2021, Huang worked with several ensembles in the Bay Area, serving as Resident Conductor of the UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, Music Director of the Santa Rosa Symphony Aspirante Youth Orchestra, Music Director of the UCB Summer and Chamber Orchestras, and Assistant Conductor and Chorus Director of West Edge Opera.

While the majority of her work focuses on standard orchestral repertoire, Huang is also an active opera conductor and a strong advocate for new music performance, working closely with composers from around the world. An accomplished violinist, pianist, and vocalist, Huang has performed under the baton of world-class artists such as Riccardo Muti, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Gustavo Dudamel. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California Berkeley in Molecular Cell Biology and Music, and a Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting from Northwestern Bienen School of Music.