Elijah Leonard is an undergraduate student from Prosper, Texas at the Cleveland Institute of Music studying trumpet with Michael Miller, Jack Sutte, and Matthew Ernst. He will graduate in May 2026. Elijah was a member of the National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Summer Brass Institute in 2023, as well as the Chautauqua Music School Festival Orchestra in 2024 and 2025. Elijah currently holds the Second Trumpet position in the Detroit Opera.