Dr. Jose Leonardo Leon
Dr. Jose Leonardo Leon
DMA, University of Colorado Boulder
Assistant Professor of Music
Areas of Expertise
Trombone Studio, Arts & Performance Entrepreneurship
Email: leonj@fau.edu
Office Phone: 561.297.3820
An expert in the fields of crossover musical performance, and education, Dr. Jose Leonardo Leon is one of the leading Classical and Commercial music trombonists (i.e., 1st-call orchestral, chamber, and solo performer; 1st-call studio recording trombonist for Pop, Latin, and Jazz Orchestras). Furthermore, he is an award-winning record producer, a social arts entrepreneur, a keynote presenter, and a digital creative arts consultant. Dr. Leon is a polymath musician who regularly engages with leading professors in institutions of higher learning. Most recently, he was a keynote presenter at the University of Florida’s Center for Arts, Migration, and Entrepreneurship in 2020 and was a Headlining Artist-Clinician for the 2021 and 2023 International Trombone Festival. Dr. Leon holds the distinction being a 3 times Global Music Awards® Winner for Best Instrumental Album (Classical album) and Compositions; and the 2015 Latin GRAMMY® Award Winning album as the bass trombonist for the Mamblue Instrumental Album.
As one of most active and proficient trombonists possessing equal mastery on both bass and tenor trombones in Ibero-America and U.S.A., Dr. Leon has worked with reputable professional music organizations within the United States, North and South America, and Europe. Dr. Leon has also enjoyed touring and/or performing with acclaimed artists such as Andrea Bocelli, The Manhattan Transfer, José Valentino, Idina Menzel, Arturo Sandoval, Wycliffe Gordon, Bob Mintzer, Paquito D’ Rivera, Eddie Daniels, Tony Succar, Dr. Ed Calle, David Foster, Charles Calello Four Seasons’ Big Band, and the PBS national broadcast of Great Performances with the Raices Jazz Orchestra hosted by renowned artist Sheila E.
Dr. Jose Leonardo Leon holds a bachelor’s degree in music from Florida International University, a master’s in music from the University of Miami Frost School of Music, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Music Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Colorado Boulder College of Music. Currently, Jose Leonardo Leon is the Assistant Professor of Music Entrepreneurship, Trombone Studio, and Founder of the Arts Performance and Entrepreneurship Initiative for the College of Arts and Letters at Florida Atlantic University, a published author for Warwick Music, Dust & Ashes Publications, the International Trombone Association Journal, the International Journal for Music Entrepreneurship & Leadership, and the National Association for Music Education Research Blog, bass trombonist with the Symphony of the Americas and Miami’s own Raices Jazz Orchestra. Jose Leonardo Leon is a Bach Brass Performing Artist and Clinician at Conn-Selmer Inc. and a Hammond Design Mouthpieces Artist in Residence.For more information, visit www.joseleonardoleon.com