In February 2025, Jamie appointed Nkeiru Okoye as the inaugural William Levi Dawson Composer-in-Residence. This collaboration involves a series of projects culminating in the February 2026 world premiere of A Time for Jubilee, a choral-orchestral work commemorating the 60th anniversary of the historic 1965 Selma to Montgomery March. In November of 2025, Jamie leads the MSO in a program dedicated to the symphonic works of Tobias Picker, including the U.S. Premiere of Picker’s Cello Concerto with cellist Santiago Cañón-Valencia. In recent seasons, Jamie has collaborated with esteemed soloists including Jeffrey Biegel, Geneva Lewis, Laquita Mitchell, Evren Ozel, and Natasha Paremski.

​Jamie’s commitment to enriching Montgomery's musical landscape is also evident in the orchestra's engaging pops series, featuring exhilarating film-in-concert performances such as Home Alone, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Jurassic Park, and Star Wars: A New Hope. He also leads the MSO in the annual Joyce Caddell Holiday Pops, which recently featured America’s Got Talent alumnus Jimmie Herrod. Jamie dedicates himslef to inspiring young audiences through in the annual performances of Carnegie Hall’s Link Up series, and the MSO’s early childhood program, Symphonic Storytime.

In previous seasons, Jamie has refined his craft through participation in prestigious international conducting masterclasses and competitions. He has trained at the Lucerne Festival Masterclass with Bernard Haitink, the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music with Cristian Măcelaru, and masterclasses with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra under Marin Alsop. He has been recognized as a finalist in the Gregorz Fitelberg and Besançon conducting competitions, where he led the Filharmonia Śląska and L’Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté.​ Jamie has been honored with awards such as the Artistic Excellence Fellowship from Indiana University, the Peabody Career Development Grant from Johns Hopkins University, and the Thelma A. Robinson Award from the International Conductors Guild and the National Federation of Music Clubs. He holds degrees in conducting from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and the Johns Hopkins University Peabody Conservatory, having studied under esteemed conductors including Marin Alsop, David Effron, Arthur Fagen, and John Ratledge, and Joseph Young.