Leigh Muñoz, an avid teacher, entrepreneur, and performer, brings a variety of experiences to her career.
This year, Leigh joins University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory as their Assistant Professor of Bassoon and enters her tenth summer as faculty for the Bassoon Institute at Interlochen Arts Camp. She previously taught at High Plains Music Camp and Midwestern Music Academy. Prior to her appointment at UMKC, Leigh held bassoon teaching positions at Washburn University and Missouri State University, Middle Tennessee State University, and University of Missouri where she was also the Coordinator for Music Entrepreneurship.
Leigh is the founder and owner of GoBassoon Reeds, which, over the past decade, has provided professional bassoon and contrabassoon reeds to bassoonists around the world. In demand as a clinician, she has shared her knowledge of reed making with bassoonists at conferences and universities across the United States.
Leigh is currently a member of the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas. She has held contrabassoon positions in both the Springfield and Cedar Rapids Symphonies and has been a substitute bassoonist and contrabassoonist with the Kansas City Symphony, Lyric Opera, and Kansas City Ballet. Leigh has performed as concerto soloist with the University of Missouri Wind Ensemble and Philharmonia, University of Kansas Wind Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra, Ottawa University Symphony Orchestra and Ohio University Symphony Orchestra.
Also an active member of the double reed community, Leigh has both performed and given clinics at multiple international and regional conferences including International Double Reed Society, Meg Quigley Vivaldi Symposium, Midwest Double Reed Society, and International Women in the Arts. She is currently the online contrabassoon fingerings editor for IDRS and vendor coordinator for Meg Quigley. She has served Treasure and Web Editor for Midwest Double Reed Society.
Last year, Leigh completed her Doctorate of Musical Arts at the University of Kansas with her research "Bassoon Pairings: A Theoretical and Performance Guide to the Duets with Bassoon of John Steinmetz." She also holds degrees from Oberlin Conservatory, Ohio University and a Performance Diploma from New England Conservatory. Her principal teachers include George Sakakeeny, Eric Stomberg, and Richard Svoboda.
This year, Leigh joins University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory as their Assistant Professor of Bassoon and enters her tenth summer as faculty for the Bassoon Institute at Interlochen Arts Camp. She previously taught at High Plains Music Camp and Midwestern Music Academy. Prior to her appointment at UMKC, Leigh held bassoon teaching positions at Washburn University and Missouri State University, Middle Tennessee State University, and University of Missouri where she was also the Coordinator for Music Entrepreneurship.
Leigh is the founder and owner of GoBassoon Reeds, which, over the past decade, has provided professional bassoon and contrabassoon reeds to bassoonists around the world. In demand as a clinician, she has shared her knowledge of reed making with bassoonists at conferences and universities across the United States.
Leigh is currently a member of the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas. She has held contrabassoon positions in both the Springfield and Cedar Rapids Symphonies and has been a substitute bassoonist and contrabassoonist with the Kansas City Symphony, Lyric Opera, and Kansas City Ballet. Leigh has performed as concerto soloist with the University of Missouri Wind Ensemble and Philharmonia, University of Kansas Wind Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra, Ottawa University Symphony Orchestra and Ohio University Symphony Orchestra.
Also an active member of the double reed community, Leigh has both performed and given clinics at multiple international and regional conferences including International Double Reed Society, Meg Quigley Vivaldi Symposium, Midwest Double Reed Society, and International Women in the Arts. She is currently the online contrabassoon fingerings editor for IDRS and vendor coordinator for Meg Quigley. She has served Treasure and Web Editor for Midwest Double Reed Society.
Last year, Leigh completed her Doctorate of Musical Arts at the University of Kansas with her research "Bassoon Pairings: A Theoretical and Performance Guide to the Duets with Bassoon of John Steinmetz." She also holds degrees from Oberlin Conservatory, Ohio University and a Performance Diploma from New England Conservatory. Her principal teachers include George Sakakeeny, Eric Stomberg, and Richard Svoboda.