Veronica Leahy is a composer, multi-woodwindist, and music director based in New York, currently pursuing a Master of Music in Jazz Saxophone at The Juilliard School. Praised for her “harmonic erudition” by Downbeat Magazine, Veronica has performed with artists such as Terri Lyne Carrington, Kurt Elling, Ted Nash, Christian Sands, Kris Davis, Stew, and the Diva Jazz Orchestra, and at venues including Lincoln Center, Birdland, Scullers, Dizzy’s Club, and 54 Below. In 2022, Veronica played bass clarinet on the GRAMMY Award-winning album New Standards, Vol. 1. Festival appearances include the Monterey Jazz Festival, Winter Jazzfest, JAS Aspen, Caramoor Jazz Festival, and the Ravinia Music Festival, where she was a Steans Music Institute fellow. Veronica recently graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University, having studied in the dual program with Berklee College of Music. While attending Harvard, she composed the music for four full-length original musicals and was awarded Harvard’s Radcliffe Doris Cohen Levi Prize for achievement in musical theater. Veronica is also a member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. Her jazz composition “20/20” was published in New Standards: 101 Lead Sheets by Women Composers.