Timothy
Leasure received his B.M. from Ohio University in 1990 and
his M.M. from The Ohio State University in 1993. Following
post-Master's work at Ohio State, he joined The United States
Navy Band in Washington, D.C. in 1995. While a member of the
Navy Band, he was chosen as the 1997 National Tour soloist,
and as a featured soloist in the band's concerts in Stockholm,
Sweden.
He has served as principal trumpet of the Springfield (OH)
Symphony during its 1994-95 season, and as 2nd trumpet in
the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus from 1992 to 1995.
He has also performed as acting principal trumpet in the Arlington
(VA) Symphony, the Annapolis (MD) Symphony, the West Virginia
Symphony, the Columbus (OH) Symphony, the ProMusica Chamber
Orchestra of Columbus, and the United States Navy Band. Mr.
Leasure can be heard in over 40 recordings by professional
orchestral, band, and chamber music ensembles. He has performed
extensively in the United States and Europe, and has performed
in such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall, The White House,
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, La Chapelle Notre-Dame
de Rocamadour, France, and the Esterhazy Palace in Eisenstadt,
Austria. He is currently principal trumpet in the Newark-Granville
Symphony, principal trumpet in the Columbus Bach Ensemble,
and third/assistant principal trumpet in the Ohio Valley Symphony.
In 2001, he was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award from
the Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. Mr. Leasure was also
the recipient of the 2004 Distinguished Teaching Award at
the Ohio State University School of Music and was recently
made an honorary member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.
