Albert M. Jackson resides in Indiana, after having lived and worked for a number of years in the Los Angeles
area. He is a graduate of the California State University and Valparaiso University, having earned graduate degrees in German literature and music, respectively. As a Fulbright Scholar, he spent two years in Germany writing on the relationship of theology and music in the chorales of J.S. Bach. He has taken advanced conducting studies at the Aspen Choral Institute with Fiora Contino and Margaret Hillis, and at Valparaiso University with Eldon Balko and Robert Bergt.
Mr. Jackson has sung professionally with the Chicago Symphony Chorus, Ravinia Festival Chorus and Grant Park Festival Chorus, as well as with the American Kantorei in St. Louis and the Laudate ensemble in Northwest Indiana. He has served as conductor for the Twopenny Opera Company in Los Angeles, and the Madrigal Singers and Musical Theatre at Valparaiso University. He has also served as guest conductor of the Park Forest Singers in Illinois.
Currently Mr. Jackson serves as Director of Choral Activities at South Suburban College in South Holland, IL, where he also coordinates the international studies program.
