Leah Dunbar is an arts administrator, educator, arranger, and percussionist from Hillsboro, New Hampshire. Prior to Upbeat New Hampshire, she worked as an administrator with the music department at Phillips Academy, Andover. She has taught several programs in New England and Ohio, in addition to her current roles as Assistant Director for both the Nashua-based Spartans Drum and Bugle Corps and the Salem Blue Devils Percussion Ensemble. Leah looks forward to building on the progress Upbeat has made to an El Sistema program in Nashua, NH and a Youth Orchestra.
Leah earned her BA in Music from Kenyon College where she enjoyed several solo marimba performances, including with the Knox County Symphony and during a semester abroad in Vienna, Austria. Additionally, Leah was named a 2022 Bluecoats Fellow in arranging and performs locally with the marimba ensemble Apricus Duo.
