Leonard DiCosimo
Hi Everyone.
I am running for the International Executive Board of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada at the 103rd Convention in Ottawa, Canada. Read my candidate statement here. Read about convention resolutions here. Go to the upper right hand corner menu bars for media links, a photo gallery and contact page.
I am the President of the Cleveland Federation of Musicians, Local 4 of the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) of the United States and Canada, and President of the Mid America Conference of AFM Locals representing music unions in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia.
I serve on the board of Cuyahoga Arts and Culture (CAC), a public agency that distributes revenue from the sale of cigarettes to non-profit organizations in Cuyahoga County. CAC awarded over $14 million dollars in operational and programming grants for 2026.
I am running for the International Executive Board of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada at the 103rd Convention in Ottawa, Canada. Read my candidate statement here. Read about convention resolutions here. Go to the upper right hand corner menu bars for media links, a photo gallery and contact page.
I am the President of the Cleveland Federation of Musicians, Local 4 of the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) of the United States and Canada, and President of the Mid America Conference of AFM Locals representing music unions in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia.
I serve on the board of Cuyahoga Arts and Culture (CAC), a public agency that distributes revenue from the sale of cigarettes to non-profit organizations in Cuyahoga County. CAC awarded over $14 million dollars in operational and programming grants for 2026.
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I was appointed Executive Secretary of the North Shore AFL - CIO Federation of Labor by its executive board in 2023 and then elected by the central labor council delegates for 2024. The North Shore represents 85,000 working people in 150 affiliated unions in Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga Counties.
I served as an adjunct professor of conducting at Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory for eight years, and as the choral director at Lakeland Community College for six years. I directed choral ensembles, music directed stage productions and taught a variety of conducting classes.
I performed as an associate artist for Cleveland Opera on Tour, a chorister for Cleveland Opera, Pittsburgh Opera and the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh. I played bass in the orchestra pits for productions at Playhouse Square Foundation, Cleveland Playhouse and Great Lakes Theatre Festival, and supported a wide array of talent ranging from Phyllis Diller to the Fat Boys.
I was also an owner of the wine and martini bar Budapest Blonde.
Feel free to reach me on my contact page.
Let's have a conversation before the convention this June. I am interested in your thoughts on the AFM.
I served as an adjunct professor of conducting at Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory for eight years, and as the choral director at Lakeland Community College for six years. I directed choral ensembles, music directed stage productions and taught a variety of conducting classes.
I performed as an associate artist for Cleveland Opera on Tour, a chorister for Cleveland Opera, Pittsburgh Opera and the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh. I played bass in the orchestra pits for productions at Playhouse Square Foundation, Cleveland Playhouse and Great Lakes Theatre Festival, and supported a wide array of talent ranging from Phyllis Diller to the Fat Boys.
I was also an owner of the wine and martini bar Budapest Blonde.
Feel free to reach me on my contact page.
Let's have a conversation before the convention this June. I am interested in your thoughts on the AFM.
Organizing the staff
of the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center
with the Service Employees International Union.
