Mr. Leister loves teaching. He began teaching music in 2002 and has been at WRBMS since 2004. Mr. Leister received his Masters of Music Education from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and Bachelors of Music Education from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Mr. Leister is the choral director at West Running Brook Middle School in Derry, NH where he also teaches musical theatre and piano/ukulele/guitar classes and directs a select choir, glee club, and the drama club. He is actively involved in southern New Hampshire’s theatre community and as a collaborative pianist. Mr. Leister performs with the Boston Symphony's Tanglewood Festival Chorus and the New Hampshire Master Chorale and is a member of the New Hampshire Music Educators Association and the American Choral Directors Association.