Achievement in Musical Direction for his work with Spotlight Theater's production of Titanic in 2003. Other productions with the Spotlight Theater (Chicago, Jekyll and Hyde, West Side Story) were honored with nominations for Best Musical Production, and two more nominations for Burke for Best Musical Director. All the nominated productions were performed at Marquette High School during the summers. Leon Burke III is on the roster of cover conductors for the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. He made his SLSO concert conducting debut on February 21, 2009, leading the orchestra, the symphony's IN UNISON Chorus, and the University of Missouri-St. Louis Community Chorus as part of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra's annual Lift Every Voice: Black History Month Celebration concert. The second half of the concert featured A Tribute to Mae Wheeler. Education B.M., Composition, Oberlin Conservatory MM, University of Kansas DMA, Conducting, University of Kansas Fulbright Fellow, Paraguay Leon Burke has also studied with Sir Georg Solti, Leonard Slatkin, Edo de Waart, and Jorge Mester. Current positions Music Director and Conductor – University City Symphony Orchestra Assistant Conductor – St. Louis Symphony Chorus Conductor – Cadenza Orchestra, St. Charles County Youth Orchestra (St. Charles, Missouri) Conductor – Metropolitan Ballet of Topeka Conductor – Belleville Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (Belleville, Illinois) Choir Director – Eliot Unitarian Chapel (Kirkwood, Missouri) Faculty (voice) – St. Louis University Adjunct Faculty (voice) – East Central College (Union, Missouri) Principal Guest Conductor – Asuncion Symphony (Paraguay) Cover Conductor – St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (St. Louis, Missouri) References External links St. Charles County Youth Orchestra. Retrieved February 14, 2009 Singing the Journey, Unitarian Universalist Association. Retrieved February 14, 2009 American male conductors (music) American male singers Oberlin College alumni Musicians from St. Louis Year of birth missing (living people) Living people University of Kansas alumni Singers from Missouri Classical musicians from Missouri 21st-century American conductors (music) 21st-century American male musicians