Leslie Kleen
Born in Minden, Nebraska 1942
Moved to Colorado and lived in
Platteville
– 1946-52
Julesburg –
1953-55
Sterling –
1956-59
Pueblo –
1960
Graduated from Pueblo Centennial High School 1960
Attended the University of Denver 1960-1965
Traveled
through Europe on USO tour 1963
Studied
composition with Normand Lockwood
Graduated
with BM in music composition
Attended Cornell University 1965-1968
Studied composition
with Robert Palmer
ad Karel Husa
Music
history with Donald Grout
Traveled to
Southeast Asia with the Cornell
Glee club as the
assistant director
Graduated
in 1968 with MA in music composition
Taught general music at middle school in Monticello, NY
1968-69
Married to Judy Rawski Dec. 1968
Attended State University of New York at Buffalo 1969-74
Studied
composition with Lejaren Hiller and Morton
Feldman
Began
learning programming and started to work with
computers and music and
electronic music
Jennifer is
born April, 1972
Wrote
“Phonemion” for large orchestra and choir for
dissertation
Received
PhD in 1974
Assistant Professor of music composition and theory at
Ohio
University, 1974-84
Karin is
born, July 1975
Received
tenure 1978
‘Violin Designs’ performed at the Biennale
in Venice 1982
Spent
sabbatical at Stanford University 1983
Contract Programmer at Chemical Abstracts Service 1984-85
Employee of Chemical Abstracts Service 1985-2006
Worked as
programmer, trainer, project leader
Choir Director at the First Unitarian Universalist church
Of Columbus,
Ohio 1985-2006
Divorced – 2005
2006 to present - Retired
2023 - Living with Anita Bucknam in Westminster-Thurber in Columbus