W. Lee Vinson is a classical percussionist, music educator, and snare drum historian with an extensive background in symphony orchestra work. After serving for four years in the United States Navy Band in Washington, DC, he was a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 2007 to 2011. He has since appeared with the orchestras Detroit, Toronto, Houston, Atlanta, Colorado, Oregon, Kansas City, Nashville and Alabama.

A dedicated music educator, Mr. Vinson was a guest lecturer at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York during the 2014 – 2015 academic year while also serving on the music faculty of the University of Kansas in an adjunct capacity. He was previously a faculty member at Boston University and the Boston University Tanglewood Institute, and since 2017 has served as Adjunct Associate Professor of Percussion at Vanderbilt University's Blair School of Music in Nashville, TN.

Mr. Vinson holds a bachelor's degree from the Eastman School of Music where he was a student of John Beck.