Jason Thibodeaux

YOSA Intermezzo Strings Conductor

Jason Thibodeaux is the Winston Churchill High School Director of Orchestras. While under the direction of Mr. Thibodeaux, the Churchill Orchestras have won numerous UIL Concert and Sightreading Sweepstakes. Mr. Thibodeaux has conducted the Churchill Orchestra at the Pearl Harbor Memorial in Hawaii, Carnegie Hall in New York City (2008 and 2020), Austria Tours of 2010, 2018, 2022, and 2026, and the Italy Tour of 2014. In January of 2011, the Churchill Symphony performed for the Lila Cockrell Theatre Rededication Ceremony. In 2023, the orchestra was selected and performed at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago.

Mr. Thibodeaux graduated from Southwest Texas State University in 2002 with a bachelor’s degree in music education. His professional affiliations include memberships in the Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Music Adjudicators’ Association, Mu Omicron, and Texas Orchestra Director’s Association. He is a Past President of the T.O.D.A. Executive Committee. In 2020, Mr. Thibodeaux was named Director of Distinction by the Texas Orchestra Directors Association. He is an active U.I.L. Adjudicator and T.M.E.A. Region Clinician/Conductor. Currently, Mr. Thibodeaux is the YOSA Intermezzo Strings Conductor.