Jessica Zuk – conductor

Jessica is the Zelman Symphony’s Assistant Conductor for 2025, having freshly graduated from an Honours year in conducting in conjunction with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra at the University of Adelaide, where she was tutored by Dr Luke Dollman. She has previously conducted the Maroondah Symphony Orchestra and Adelaide Summer Orchestra, and enjoyed two years as a conducting scholar with the Melbourne Bach Choir, a highlight of which was conducting the choral premiere of Anne Cawrse’s Requiem. Additionally, Jess is a co-Artistic Director and conductor at Ascolta Qui, a Melbourne-based, not-for-profit organisation supporting young musicians.

Jess completed her prior tertiary music studies as a flautist (First Class Hons, University of Melbourne; BMus, Monash University), and has played in the Melbourne Opera Orchestra, the University of Melbourne Symphony and Monash Academy orchestra. She has been the recipient of several awards and prizes including the 2022 Barbara Bishop Hewitt Scholarship (Melbourne University) and the 2019 and 2017 Anna Chmiel Memorial Woodwind Prizes (Monash University).