Diane Downs, founder & artistic director

About

The Louisville Leopard Percussionists is a youth percussion program serving student musicians in grades K-12, in and around Louisville, Kentucky.

Our mission is to provide a comprehensive musical experience for children that enriches lives and builds community.

Our vision is for participants of diverse backgrounds to develop music appreciation, performance skills, proficiency on a variety of percussion instruments, and learn to improvise, compose, and teach music, and to care for their instruments. These skills build creativity and self-confidence and teach life-long values of personal discipline, cooperation, leadership, responsibility, and community.