Timothy Leasure

Timothy Leasure received his B.M. from Ohio University in 1990 and his M.M. from The Ohio State University in 1993. Following additional graduate 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 and again from 2008 to the present. He has also performed as 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.

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.