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Professional Performance
Experience
The following is a partial list of non-stop performances
and recording sessions since 1973:
2008
- BCC adjunct guitar professor
- Grand Harbor Golf & Beach Club
- Holiday Inn
- Eau Gallie Yacht Club
- Featured artist Sanford Jazz Artist Series
- Vero Beach Classical Guitar Shows
- Private Parties
2007
- Grand Harbor Golf & Beach Club
- Duran Golf Club
- Beach Shack
- The Moorings Golf Club
- Brevard Museum of Art and Science
- Melbourne Arts Festival
- Captain and Cowboy Restaurant
- Murdock's Bistro
- Sun Shoppe Cafe
- Private Parties
2006
- Brevard Museum of Art and Science
- Melbourne Arts Festival
- Eau Gallie Yacht Club
- Galaxy Restaurant
- Crown Plaza Hotel
Live Professional Video Performance/Recording:
- Dexter’s with Doug Mathews (bass) and Anthony Cole (drums)
2005
- Released 4 CD collection entitled ‘The 3 Mikes Live’
- Remastered CD ‘Christmas 2000’, released as ‘Christmas
of Yore’
- Gained international distribution of CD’s released under ‘MTL
Productions’
1998 - 2005
- Over 1500 performances as a featured jazz artist for Carnival Cruise
Lines
2003
- Released 3 CD collection entitled 'The Michael Leasure Trio'
2001 - 2002
- Released 4 CD collection entitled 'Ethereality' for solo jazz guitar
- Released CD entitled 'Live '88 - '90 Edge of Success'
1999 - 2000
- Released CD entitled 'Christmas 2000' - A thousand
years of Christmas music
- Released CD entitled 'Collection No.1'. A collection of recordings
and styles ranging from jazz and classical to new age and avant garde
1998
- Winter Park Autumn Art Show
- Nominated 'jazz artist of the year' at the Orlando Music Awards
- Starbuck’s Coffee Sponsorship
- Solo guitar sponsorship at Barnie's Coffee and Tea Co.
- Rollins College Art Show
1997
- Daytona Beach Jazz Festival
- Residency at Dexter's of Winter Park, Florida - 'The Michael Leasure
Trio' - (specializing in avant garde music)
- Many micro brewery sponsorships
- Featured with the Dan Jordan Quartet for a 3 month residency at The
Crowbar
- Selected for the PBS show 'On the Verge'
- Jazz guitarist for the Evelyn Stone CD - produced by Michael Anthony
for Atlantic Records
- House band at Monoco's - retro swing with Danielle Gasparro
- House duo at Cool Beans Coffee House
1996
- Gainesville Jazz Festival
- Musical Director for 'Mickey Swingerhead and the Earth Girls'
- Solo, duo, trio and big band performances at Disney's entertainment
parks and hotels throughout the year
- Solo guitar synth concert for the 'Micronesia Art Show'
- Solo classical guitar performance at the Maitland Art Center
1992 - 1995
Michael Leasure solo, duo, trio and quartet performances at the following
venues:
- Clearwater Jazz Festival
- Dexter's avant garde trio performances featuring Doug Mathews and
Anthony Cole
- Gianni's Italian Restaurant
- LOQ radio sponsored 'Concert in the Park'
- LOQ radio sponsored 'Sunset Serenade'
- WPRK live radio broadcasts 'Free Jazz'
- Downtown Jazz and Blues (2 concerts)
- Pinkie Lee's Jazz Club
- Lakeridge Winery jazz concert
- Otter's Jazz Club
- Bucket's Wine Club and Restaurant
- Go Lounge avant garde concerts
- Lazy Bean Coffee House
- Peabody Hotel Jazz Lounge
- Harry Leu Botanical Gardens
- Epcot Center 'Dedication of Innoventions'
1987 - 1991
- Management/publishing contract with Callico Productions
- CBS artist development - 300 pieces composed
- Composed and recorded '1st View of an Ocean' for solo guitar synthesizer
- Composed and recorded '2nd View of an Ocean' featuring Mark Piszczek
- Composed and recorded '3rd View of an Ocean' featuring Sam Rivers
1986
Leader of the following bands:
- Big Bang Theory
- The Spliff Brothers
- The Michael Leasure Jazz Ensemble
Performed with the above bands at:
- Statewide concerts and club dates
- Residency sponsorship at the Melbourne Oceanfront Holiday Inn
- Triple T Properties
1983 - 1985
- 'The Spliff Brothers' weekend beach concerts at Cocoa Beach, Florida
- The Sundeck Classic Surf Festival
- Composer for 'Country Miami Jewish Federation TV'
- Talk show 'Pillow Talk'
Opening act for:
- Spyra Gyra
- Atlantic Rhythm Section
- Jeff Lorber Fusion
1981 - 1982
- 'Sketches' at Gillies club, Dayton, Ohio
- Midwestern college dates
- Ohio State Fair
- Bob Hope, Phyllis Diller, and Bucky Trent shows
- Columbus Arts Group
- West Virginia Jazz Fest with Carmen McRae and Lionel Hampton
1973 - 1978
- Guitarist, arranger and musical director for variety shows, stage
shows and night club acts at the Culvermere Resort, Branchville, New
Jersey
Education
- Early studies in piano, violin, flute and alto sax
- Composed music at an early age
- Marietta College, Ohio - Studied piano, flute and composition for
1 year
- Berklee College of Music - Graduated Magna Cum Laude with diploma
in composition and performance
- Selected for Boston Composition Festival (Motif & Variation for
piano, strings & voice)
- Selected as Berklee College of Music's film department composer
- Composed 'Motif and Variation' for strings and voice for senior composition
recital
- Postgraduate studies at Ohio University in electronic music and orchestral
studies
Private studies:
- Guitar - Mick Goodrick
- Improvisation - Gary Burton
- Arranging - Michael Gibbs
Miscellaneous
- Played 37 benefit concerts during the last 23 years for Toys for Tots,
Aids, Cancer and the Homeless
- Professional composer for the film 'We are the Wind and the Stars'
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