HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (CBS) – Female conductors are in the spotlight. A music festival kicking off this weekend is celebrating those breaking barriers in a male-dominated field.

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Breaking Barriers, a festival at Ravinia will celebrate the program's 20 years and the women in it.

One of those fellows, Laura Jackson, is now music director for the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra.

"It's a great honor," Jackson said.

She calls what will happen this weekend on this stage history in the making.