May 19, 2016
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
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Recommended Reading:
- Aaron Copland, Music and Imagination
- Malcolm Gladwell, The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
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