Originally from Rochester, New York, Lenora began studying violin at age 7 and made her solo debut with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra at 16. She earned her Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music studying with Catherine Tait, Camilla Wicks, and Zvi Zeitlin, and Master of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music with Donald Weilerstein.
Lenora served as Concertmaster for Cleveland Opera for eight years, and for the former Ohio Chamber Orchestra and Cleveland San Jose Ballet. She has appeared as Concertmaster under conductors such as Leonard Slatkin and Andre Previn, and as soloist under Peter Bay and Leslie Dunner. Ms. Leggatt has performed in the violin sections of the Cleveland Orchestra and Rochester Philharmonic and shared four years with the San Diego Symphony and was a tenured member of the Calgary Philharmonic for three years.
A three-year fellowship student at Aspen Music Festival with Paul Kantor, she has also performed in music festivals at Tanglewood, Basel, and London where she gave a world premiere performance with her twin sister—oboist, Johanna Cox Pennington. In addition, Lenora and Johanna’s Carnegie Hall performance of the music of Dinos Constantinides was critically acclaimed as “the highlight of the concert.”
Lenora enjoys playing chamber music whenever possible and is delighted to share the stage with the Colorado Music Festival during the summer and with the Charlotte Symphony during the year.
