Andrew Leonard
Clarinetist Andrew Leonard has soloed with the Pasadena Pops, the Torrance Symphony, and performed as a prizewinner of the Redlands Music Festival and Peninsula Music Festival Young Artist auditions. He has also performed on 3 continents with artists as varied as Helmuth Rilling, Hilary Hahn, John Williams, Tony Danza and John Rutter. A New Jersey native, he began his clarinet studies with Andy Lamy of the NJ Symphony and Alan Kay at the Julliard School’s Pre-College division. Andrew received a Bachelor of Music in clarinet performance in 2005 at the University of Southern California where he studied with Yehuda Gilad and members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. As a passionate believer in Los Angeles's musical future, Andrew is on the teaching artist faculty of the Harmony Project, the Young Musicians’ Foundation and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Keep an eye out - you may see Andrew at the beach or while camping in California's parks!
