Patricia Leonard

Patricia Leonard is a composer of opera and musical theater; her musical education includes the Boston Conservatory and The Juilliard School. Her principal composition teacher is Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Del Tredici. Ms. Leonard’s works have been performed in major cities in the U.S. and Europe, interpreted by celebrated musicians from the New York Philharmonic, Zurich Opera, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and Boston Symphony/Pops/Ballet, and featured soloists such as Grammy Award-winning clarinetist Eddie Daniels, Met Opera soprano Wendy Bryn Harmer and renowned pianists Simon Mulligan and Christopher Oldfather. Patricia was honored to be one of the “Founding Ladies of Music” as part of the “Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman” Quilt Concert for the Women’s Suffrage anniversary, alongside acclaimed women composers, such as Joan Tower and Thea Musgrave.

AFFILIATIONS
 Managing Director of New York New Music Ensemble (2019-present)
 Founding Member, New York Composers Circle (2003-present)
 Composer Member, MAESTRA Music (2019-present)
 Board Member, New York Women Composers (2014-present)
 Composer/lyricist for WRITTEN IN THE STARS with Creative Consultants Clifford Lee Johnson and Steven Silverstein; reading at Manhattan Theatre Club (Winter 2022)
 ASCAP member since 2004
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AWARDS
Opera America Female Discovery Grant; Virginia B. Toulmin Prize; The Music Performance Trust Fund; The American Prize; ASCAP.
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Contact Information
pklmusic@gmail.com