Lynne Jackson is currently in her 56th year as a music educator. She has degrees from the University of Michigan and Vandercook College of Music. Ms. Jackson is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Southern Methodist University, where she teaches graduate music classes. Lynne also recently retired from Berkner High School in Richardson, Texas and continues to serve the Berkner community to this day.
After beginning her career in southwestern Michigan, Lynne moved to Texas and spent 26 years teaching in Richardson as a member of the J.J. Pearce High School band staff. In 1983, Ms. Jackson was selected as a Richardson ISD Teacher of the Year. In 1995, the National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Ms. Jackson a grant to study Mozart in Vienna, Austria and Prague, Czech Republic. Since that time, Ms. Jackson has been inspired to travel and teach extensively throughout Europe, Asia, South America and Canada. Lynne is a Conn-Selmer Educator and member of the Conn-Selmer Hall of Fame. Through Conn-Selmer, she was able to participate with the Conn-Selmer Institute in Chengdu, China where she worked closely with music educators and students on two separate occasions.
In 2010, Ms. Jackson was awarded the Meritorious Achievement Award by the Texas Bandmaster’s Association. In 2016, Lynne was inducted into the Phi Beta Mu Texas Bandmaster’s Hall of Fame. In addition to her membership in the Texas Bandmasters Association, Ms. Jackson’s professional affiliations include Phi Beta Mu and the Texas Music Educators Association. Lynne is the founder of Young Educator Seminars, YES, which offers continuing professional development to North Texas music educators. Lynne is widely known throughout Texas as a clinician, and mentor to young students and teachers.