Education
Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal. École de musique Vincent-d"Industry.
conductor organist teacher choir director
Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal. École de musique Vincent-d"Industry.
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Jackson was a graduate of the École de musique Vincent-d"Industry and the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal. He co-founded both the Société des Concerts d"orgue de Montréal and the Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal in 1974. He served as the artistic director of the latter institutions since 1988, notably conducting the ensemble in several recordings.
Jackson taught at the music faculties of Concordia University and McGill University.
He was Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Concordia University from 1994 to 2005. Jackson died of lung cancer on September 25, 2015 in Montreal.
He was 67.
