Leslie Gilreath is the Director of Bands at Summerville High School in Summerville, South Carolina where he conducts the Symphonic Band, Concert Band, Marching Band, and Jazz Bands. Summerville Concert Ensembles receive consistent superior ratings and have been featured at SCMEA and MENC Southern Division Conferences. He is a native of Anderson, South Carolina and a graduate of Furman University where he majored in Music Theory and studied conducting and orchestration with Jay Bocook. He studied composition with Michael Hennagin and Carolyn Bremer at the University of Oklahoma. He has been the recipient of Citations of Excellence and Citations of Merit for Marching Excellence from the National Band Association and is in demand as a composer and arranger. Mr. Gilreath is a National Board Certified Teacher, the 2011 Summerville High School Teacher of the Year and a Dorchester District Honor Teacher of the Year.