Jim Leslie
Position: Director

Biography: Professor Jim Leslie graduated from Central Michigan University, where he was a student of Bob Hohner.  Professor Leslie has also studied with Jim Chapin, Joe Morello, Chuck Silverman, and John Riley.  As a member of the music faculty at the University of Dayton, Professor Leslie teaches applied percussion and drumset lessons, percussion pedagogy, percussion ensemble, and instructs the Pride of Dayton Drumline.  He is also director of the Beavercreek High School Percussion Ensemble and staff percussion instructor.  Professor Leslie also teaches lessons at Centerville High School.

As an artist for the Muse Machine, Dayton's arts organization, Professor Leslie leads a jazz quartet that performs in local schools.  He is a busy freelance drummer and percussionist and an active clinician for Ludwig Drums, Sabian Cymbals, and Pro-Mark sticks and mallets.  Professor Leslie has served as president and secretary of the Ohio chapter of the Percussive Arts Society.