Leslie earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees from Hunter College in New York City, and has been teaching for the past 30+ years in various music and drama programs in different schools, hoping to inspire and promote creativity and performance skills of original works.
After 20 years in two Brooklyn public schools, Leslie followed a “call” to Vermont where,at the Castleon Hubbardton Elementary School, since 2004, he has brought his vision of personal creativity and performance of one's own work.
Leslie's Musical Theatre, though open to all subject matter, does frequently tap into our American Roots, in history, folklore, and contemporary themes.
Following an exhilarating experience as Music Director of a production of “HAIR” at the Castleton State College,in Vermont, in 2004, Leslie and his wife, Karen, inaugurated their own private performing arts center, currently growing in central Vermont as American Logres Theatre.