A native of Boston, Patricia Leonard’s early musical training began with piano studies. She received a degree in Composition from The Boston Conservatory of Music. Principal composition teachers include Larry Thomas Bell and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Del Tredici. Ms. Leonard is the recipient of the 2015 Opera America Prize for her latest work MY DEAREST FRIEND, a song cycle to be mounted as an opera in summer 2016 in Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.

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Composer and fundraising expert Patricia Leonard gives a masterclass on fundraising for the composer.

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Grant writing
• Princess Grace Foundation
• Fundraising
• Having a thoughtful story
• Being goal oriented
• Budget making
• Opera America
• Networking
• Marketing Yourself
• Fundraising
• Rain Worthington
• Giving not asking
• The John Adams Project
• Dreaming of a big project
• Making it happen
• Accounting for problems
• Have your project well thoughtout
• Researching foundations
• Corporate sponsorships

Website:

• www.patricialeonardmusic.com

Recommended Listening:

• Richard Wagner, Tristan und Isolde

Recommended Reading:

• Aaron Copland, Music and Imagination
• Malcolm Gladwell, The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

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