Shawn Leopard

Shawn Leopard received a BA degree in Foreign Languages from the University of Southern Mississippi and an MA in Musicology from Indiana University with special emphasis on early music performance, where her teachers included Dana Ragsdale, Lois Leventhal, and Elisabeth Wright. Ms. Leopard is currently teaching and performing in Jackson, Mississippi, where she is associated with St. Andrew's Episcopal Cathedral as a professional soloist and consultant. Her specialty in early music performance as a continuo player and harpsichordist, has been admired in many concerts with various groups throughout the South. Ms. Leopard began a collaboration with John Paul in 1996 to explore and perform the repertoire of music written for two harpsichords. They focus on the works of Johann Sebastian Bach and his sons, and often create their own transcriptions of music suited to their medium. They have toured extensively in the Southeastern and Central United States and recorded to critical acclaim with Lyrichord Discs of New York City and Centaur of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.