Co-Facilitating Conductors, Musicians, and Artistic Leaders

Jessica Bejarano is the Founder and Music Director of the San Francisco Philharmonic, Cover Conductor with San Francisco Symphony, Curator and Scholar in Residence with San Francisco Opera and serves as board member of the Association of California Symphony Orchestras (ACSO). Jessica was featured on NBC’s The Today Show as the “Woman Breaking Barriers as a Trailblazing Symphony Conductor”. PBS NewsHour also featured Jessica as an emerging female conductor and KQED named Jessica one of 10 artists to watch in KQED Arts’ Bay Brilliant Top 10 Artists of 2018. Jessica is the first women in history to guest conduct the American Youth Symphony in Los Angeles. She was also the featured guest conductor at the San Diego State University’s Women in Music, Diversity and Leadership Conference and was one of twelve female conductors selected from around the world to conduct at the International Women’s Conference in New York City. Jessica has guest conducted in Russia, Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Spain, Venezuela and throughout the United States. Jessica received her Master of Arts in Choral and Orchestral Conducting from the University of California Davis; Bachelor of Music in Music Education from the University of Wyoming, and Associates of Fine Arts in Music Education from Casper College. 

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