Ryan Leonhardt started his professional career in the furniture business. At the age of 24 he started his first retail mattress stores. After finding that it was much more fun to work with his brother Travis, they finally teamed up and started “My Mattress” in 2010!
That was about the same time he started performing on the stage again. Part of the reason that “LionHeart Hall” is special to him is that art can break down walls, or expose that sometimes walls don’t exist.
His deepest hope is that LionHeart Hall will be used for performances, receptions and recitals where a lot of walls break down, and a lot of laughter is heard!
Travis began a very successful career in the piano industry, and for 15 years he was surrounded by music and able to interact with some of the best musicians in the world! In 2010, wanting to get closer to family, he founded “My Mattress“ with his brother, Ryan. Since then, they have been in many stage performances together, and have been featured vocalists in performances throughout Utah.
He is the mastermind behind the construction of LionHeart Hall, and has taken great pride in taking it from demolition to the finished product it is today.
Jay Richards has composed for studio, film, television, radio, musical theatre, dance, the concert stage, and countless commercial album releases during his 20 years in the music industry. His orchestral works have been performed internationally. There have been 21 productions of his musical adaptation of LITTLE WOMEN across the U.S. At the same time his new musical version of JANE EYRE premiered in the U.S. in February 2013, LITTLE WOMEN had a sold-out premier in the U.K.
He is in-demand as an arranger/producer for other artists, and is comfortable across a broad range of musical styles. He has vast experience producing and conducting professional recording studio sessions, and is the owner of Jay Richards Studios. Jay has a great love of and gift for orchestration and plays a bunch of instruments.
Jay has long been an advocate for music/arts in schools, and continues to work toward solutions to keep music accessible to young people. He was the Founding & Artistic Director of Music Theatre West (a local music theatre production company here in Cache Valley) which provides professional and amateur performers the opportunity to work side by side in fully staged musical productions.
