Leila Heil's First Year
Leila Heil is in her first year as Assistant Professor of Music Education at The Ohio State University. She brings with her twenty-one years of public school teaching experience at the secondary level. She most recently served as choral director and Fine Arts Department Coordinator at Cherry Creek High School in Englewood, Colorado. Dr. Heil holds a BM from Colorado State University, a MM in choral conducting from Arizona State University and a PhD in Music Education from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Dr. Heil has been active in state music organizations for many years having served on the Arizona Music Educators executive board, as festival chair for the Arizona All-State Jazz and Show choirs, and representative to the Arizona Interscholastic Association. She recently served as Repertoire and Standards chair for the Colorado ACDA. Dr. Heil is the assistant director for the National High School Grammy Jazz Choir.
