About Dr. Leslie

Email:  leslita@nv.ccsd.net

Phone:   702-799-1305 extension 4040

Dr. Tracy Leslie was invited to join the faculty, to create and build the instrumental music education program at Del Webb Middle School in Henderson, Nevada upon the school’s opening in 2005.  Her work with the Del Webb Bands followed the development of highly successful music programs at Thurman White Middle School in Henderson, Nevada and Roy Martin Middle School in Las Vegas, Nevada.  As Director of Bands, she is responsible for an extensive instrumental program consisting of 300 plus students with five successful concert bands.  Tracy Leslie was awarded an Outstanding Teaching Award in 2005-06 by The Clark County School District for her effective classroom leadership.  Dr. Leslie has served as an adjunct Instructor of Music Education at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, teaching undergraduate classes in Instrumental Music Education Methods and Woodwind Methods. 

As a recognized and respected wind band pedagogue, Dr. Leslie has been invited to conduct and perform clinics throughout numerous states in America, including California, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Alabama, Indiana, and Louisiana and internationally in Japan.  During her 30-year tenure as a music educator and conductor in the Clark County School District, ensembles under the direction of Dr. Leslie have consistently received Superior ratings and critical acclaim from adjudicators and colleagues nationally.

Tracy Leslie has been highly active in commissioning new works and transcriptions for advanced middle school bands, including recent publications Piccadilly by Erik Satie, Chernomor’s March by Mikhail Glinka, and The Nightingale by Peter I. Tschaikovsky edited and orchestrated expressly for her by Col. John R. Bourgeois (RET) Director Emeritus of The United States Marine Band “The President’s Own”.  Additionally, Dr. Leslie commissioned the David Holsinger composition Fanfare for the Glorious Naycart (anagram for Tracy Ann) for the Clark County School District Honor Band. 

Dr. Leslie is active as an adjudicator for concert and marching bands throughout the West.  She served as Assistant Producer for the annual Holiday Bowl National Pageant of Bands in San Diego, California. Dr. Leslie currently serves as Assistant Producer and Continuity Editor for the UNLV Wind Orchestra Recording Series published by Klavier Music Productions of Boca Raton, Florida.  Her most recent publications with the UNLV Wind Orchestra series include Grammy listed recordings Concerto for Marienthal (K11178), Marquee Mojo (K11185), Lost Vegas (K11195), Ventanas (K11199), The Return (K11217), 24K Gould (K11222), Quaternity (K11223), and two soon to be released albums - Espresso Express and Joe's Tango on Parma Recordings.   Dr. Leslie was the Co-Founder and Head Instructor for the UNLV Leadership Team Clinic, and she founded and administered the UNLV Desert Winds Summer Music Camp.

Tracy Leslie received a Bachelor of Music Education Degree and a Master of Music Education Degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1993 and 1999 respectively and graduated Cum Laude.  She was awarded the Outstanding Music Education Graduate Award from the UNLV School of Music in 1993.  Dr. Leslie received a Doctorate of Musical Arts Degree in Wind Band Conducting at UNLV in 2008, having studied conducting with Thomas Leslie, Takayoshi Suzuki, and Dr. Harry Begian.

In May of 2024, Dr. Leslie was elected to a fifth term (2024-2026 biennium) on the Board of Directors of the National Band Association as a Middle School Representative.  She also served as the Nevada State Representative from August 2016 until July 2020. 

In 2021, Dr. Leslie was inducted into the Nevada chapter of Phi Beta Mu International Bandmasters Fraternity.  She also serves as the Southern Nevada representative to this organization.

Dr. Leslie is an active advocate for music education maintaining current membership status in the National Band Association, National Association for Music Education, Nevada Music Education Association, Southern Nevada Band Association, and the Nevada Education Association.  Tracy Leslie co-hosted the 2001 National Convention of the prestigious American Bandmasters Association.