Jeri Lynne Johnson works with the Tufts Youth Philharmonic in a rehearsal and informal performance that is open to the public.

Johnson is conductor and founder of Philadelphia’s Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra, the first orchestra in the nation led by an African-American woman, and founder of the Orchestrating Leadership program. In 2005, Ms. Johnson made history as the first African-American woman to win an international conducting prize when she was awarded the Taki Concordia Conducting Fellowship. She will speak to and work with Tufts Music and Child Study students and lead the Tufts Youth Philharmonic in an open rehearsal. Co-sponsored by the Departments of Music and Child Study and Human Development.

Free; no tickets required. Johnson’s residency at Tufts University is made possible by the Granoff Music Fund.