Leslie Byron Dunner (born January 5, 1956[1]) is an American composer, conductor, clarinetist, and college professor.
He was born in New York City and attended the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music, graduating in 1978 with a B.A.
degree in music theory and musicology from Queens College in 1979, and a D.M.A.
From 1982-1986 he served as Assistant Professor and Director of Instrumental Music at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota.
Dunner's first appointment as music director was with the Symphony Nova Scotia in 1996.