Monica Jakuc Leverett

Monica Jakuc (pronounced Ya’kutch) Leverett is Elsie Irwin Sweeney Professor Emerita of Music at Smith College, where she taught from 1969 until 2008. A frequent solo and chamber pianist in Western Massachusetts, she has often collaborated with vocalist Peter W. Shea. She also presents lecture-recitals on women composers and has been a featured artist at International Alliance of Women in Music concerts in London and Washington, D.C.

Inspired by Malcolm Bilson, Ms. Jakuc Leverett has performed on early pianos since 1986. A former board member of Arcadia Players, she has frequently appeared with them on her two Paul McNulty fortepianos. She was a performer/participant in the Westfield Center’s Forte/Piano Festival at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY in August 2015. In December 2015, she became the proud owner of a mahogany Schoenhut toy concert grand piano, which she plays in some of her concerts.

She has recorded three CDs. Her latest, “Fantasies for Fortepiano,” features works by Mozart, Haydn, C.P.E. Bach, and Beethoven’s “Moonlight” Sonata. In 2006, she married Bob Leverett, and together they explore forests and give presentations on nature and music.