L.A. Reid has served as the chairman of Epic Records in the 1990s.
Huw Edwards is a Welsh conductor currently serving as music director of Olympia , Washington 's Olympia Symphony Orchestra and orchestra conductor at the University of Puget Sound .. University of Puget Sound. University of Puget Sound. Edwards ' conducting career began at age seventeen when he became music director of the Maidstone Opera Company in England .. He later attended the University of Surrey , where he conducted the college orchestra along with an ensemble that he formed himself .. University of Surrey. University of Surrey. At age twenty-three , he won a conducting competition which sent him to Southern Methodist University in Dallas , Texas .. Southern Methodist University. Southern Methodist University. Dallas. Dallas. He then held a lecturer position at Northwestern University in Chicago , where he was also a doctoral candidate .. Northwestern University. Northwestern University. Edwards was conductor and music director of the Portland Youth Philharmonic from 1995 to 2002 followed by the Seattle Youth Symphony from 2002 to 2005 .. Portland Youth Philharmonic. Portland Youth Philharmonic. Seattle Youth Symphony. Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras. He served as music director of the Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra from 2000 to 2012 and has been with the Olympia Symphony Orchestra since 2002 .. Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra. In May 2012 Edwards accepted a position as orchestra conductor at the University of Puget Sound .. University of Puget Sound. University of Puget Sound