Leigh Muñoz is a dynamic pedagogue, entrepreneur, and musician, currently serving as Assistant Professor of Bassoon at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory and Bassoon Intensive faculty at Interlochen Arts Camp. She has previously taught at Middle Tennessee State University, University of Missouri, Washburn University, and Missouri State University. A first-call substitute bassoonist and contrabassoonist with the Kansas City Symphony, Lyric Opera, and Kansas City Ballet, Leigh has also performed with the Jackson Symphony, Symphony of Northwest Arkansas, Cedar Rapids Symphony, and Springfield Symphony. Leigh’s leadership extends to the double reed community, as Vice President of the International Double Reed Society and Co-Executive Director of the Meg Quigley Bassoon Symposium and Competition. She holds a doctorate from the University of Kansas and studied at Oberlin Conservatory, Ohio University, and the New England Conservatory. Leigh Muñoz is a Fox Contrabassoon Artist and performs on a Fox Model 950 contrabassoon.