Michael Palmer (born 8 May 1945, Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American orchestral conductor.
After receiving his bachelor of music from Indiana University School of Music in Bloomington, Palmer began his professional career at age 21 when he became Assistant Conductor of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in 1967, for which he was later named Associate Conductor.
[1] In that capacity he also became the first director of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra in 1974.
Palmer also was Guest Conductor for three seasons for the Houston Symphony Orchestra (1978–1981) and a Co-Principal Guest Conductor of the Denver Symphony Orchestra (1979–1982).
He has also held academic conducting posts as Director of Orchestras for Wichita State University (1999–2004) and Georgia State University (2004–present) where he is the Charles Worm Distinguished Professor of Orchestral Studies.