Leslie Cullen is the flute and piccolo player for the highly acclaimed Paragon Ragtime Orchestra. She also serves as its Executive Director.
She has performed at The Kennedy Center, Ravinia, The Kimmel Center, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Recital Hall and many venues throughout the United States. Her solo, chamber music, and orchestral collaborations include the Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg, the Ulysses Quartet, Trio Ariadne, the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute Orchestra, the Williamsport Symphony, the Penn Central Wind Band, and the Linden Woodwind Quintet. A native of Oklahoma, she was an Artist-In-Residence for its State Arts Council.
Leslie discovered that she loved teaching at the age of 15 and has continued ever since. In addition to her private studio in Lewisburg, PA, she is the flute professor at Susquehanna and Bucknell Universities. She holds an MM in Flute Performance from The Juilliard School and a BM in Flute Performance from the Manhattan School of Music.