Professional Background:
Leonard Garrison is Associate Professor of Flute and Aural Skills at the University of Idaho, flutist in the Northwest Wind Quintet and The Scott/Garrison Duo, Principal Flute of the Walla Walla Symphony, and former Chair of The National Flute Association. In summers, he teaches and performs at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Michigan and the Red Lodge Music Festival in Montana. His 2005 CD, “Superflute,” received rave reviews. Flute Talk magazine called it “astounding,” The Flute Network said “his performance was ‘just ‘superior’ both in brilliant technique and musicianship,” while the Dutch journal Fluit called it “Altogether a beautiful CD, which becomes more captivating after repeated hearings.”

Leonard has been flutist in the Chicago Symphony (including a 2003 tour of Japan) and the Tulsa Philharmonic, soloist on National Public Radio's "Performance Today," winner of the 2003 Byron Hester Competition, concerto soloist on both flute and piccolo, and a frequent performer at National Flute Association conventions. He has taught at The University of Tulsa, Bowling Green State University, the University of Arkansas, and the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire. The Flutist Quarterly and Flute Talk have published his articles.

Leonard holds a Doctor of Music degree from Northwestern University, where he studied with Walfrid Kujala and Richard Graef. He received Master of Music and Master of Arts degrees from The State University of New York at Stony Brook, studying with Samuel Baron. His Bachelor of Music is from The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where his teacher was Robert Willoughby.