Cedrick Leavell is entering his 17th year as the Director of Bands at Warren East Middle School and the Assistant Director at Warren East High School. He is also the Beginning Band Director at Bristow and Richardsville Elementary Schools.

Under his direction, the Warren East Middle School Bands have received Distinguished and Proficient Ratings at the KMEA Bowling Green District Performance Assessment Eventsl. Mr. Leavell has also overseen the creation of the Warren East MS Jazz Band & Warren East MS/HS Indoor Percussion Ensemble. The Warren East Percussion has been a medalist for the past 7 years in SCGC PSCO/A Classes and finished in the top 11 in the nation in WGI's PSCO class the past 4 years.

Mr. Leavell has won several awards & received many honors during his time at Warren East. He was named the Third District Music Educators' Association Middle School Teacher of the Year for 2010-11. In March 2012, he received the SCGC Percussion Directors' Award for his work with the Indoor Percussion Ensemble. In June 2012, he was named an Innovative Percussion Educator, reflecting his work in the field of percussion.

Along with these honors, Mr. Leavell served as the Third District Music Educators' Association President from August 2014 to July 2017. He also has served as the Southeastern Color Guard Circuit's Kentucky State Representative from 2012-15.

Mr. Leavell graduated from Western Kentucky University with a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education in Fall of 2003 and Master's Degree in 2012. While at WKU, he had the opportunity to study percussion under Dr. Christopher Norton and Dr. Mark Berry.

Mr. Leavell has worked as a percussion instructor at Todd County High School, Greenwood High School, and Warren Central High School, and has adjudicated percussion for local contests. He has also arranged indoor percussion programs for Russellville High School and Logan County High School. His concert band compositions have been premiered by the Warren East High and Middle School concert bands and played in the Southeast US. Mr. Leavell also gives private lessons in percussion performance to area high school and middle school students.

Mr. Leavell's hometown is Elkton, KY and he graduated from Todd County Central High School in 1999. However, he has lived in Texas and North Carolina. When not teaching or composing, he enjoys watching TV, playing video games, playing with his cats Zildjain and Sabian, and being with friends. He now resides in Bowling Green, KY.