Associate Dean, Director of Graduate Studies and Professor of Saxophone at the University of South Carolina, Clifford Leaman is in great demand as a soloist and clinician and has performed and taught throughout the United States, Canada, Italy, Spain, France, Slovenia, Croatia, Sweden, Australia, Thailand, Taiwan and China. He has recorded four compact discs with piano, and two discs with percussionist Scott Herring as the RoseWind Duo. In addition to his work with piano and marimba, Leaman has performed as a concerto soloist with numerous wind ensembles and orchestras and has recorded concerti by Brant, Bassett and Dahl. He has given masterclasses at the North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference, International Navy Band Symposium the World Saxophone Congress and Asian Saxophone Congress in addition to  major schools of music and conservatories across the globe.

Dr. Leaman is the soprano saxophone chair in the Palmetto Saxophone quartet and performs in a variety of chamber ensembles. An avid supporter of contemporary music, Leaman has commissioned and given the world premiere performances of more than thirty-five works, including concerti by William Bolcom, Leslie Bassett, Frank Ticheli, Stacy Garrop and Michael Colgrass. Leaman is an artist-clinician for D’Addario, Key Leaves and the Conn-Selmer Company, Inc. and performs exclusively on Selmer saxophones and D’Addario Reserve reeds.