Kendra Leonard (BM ‘95, Cello) is the 2017-18 Rudolph Ganz Fellow at the Newberry Library in Chicago. She has also had recent speaking engagements at Drake University, the Harry Ransom Center, the University of Texas at Austin, and the Shakespearean Theatre Conference in Stratford, Ontario. Leonard’s most recent book is The Art Songs of Louise Talma, and her opera libretto Marie Curie Learns to Swim (@mariecurieopera) has been set by Jessica Rudman. The opera will be premiered at the Hartford Opera Theater in March, 2018.