April Concerts in Fort Collins, Colorado

I'll be performing music from my Antarctic and Arctic projects next month in Fort Collins, Colorado in conjunction with the exhibition Sound Through Barriers. Also performing will be improviser Jeph Jerman, who works with found objects and self-playing sound sculptures. Q&A sessions will follow both concerts.

Monday April 23, 2012
Front Range Community College
Room RP140
Fort Collins, CO
7:30 pm, FREE

Tuesday April 24, 2012
Fort Collins Museum of Art
Lower Level
201 South College Avenue
Fort Collins, CO
7 pm, FREE

For more details visit: http://soundthroughbarriers.com/va.html

Penguin Pieces July 31st

My next Antarctic music concert will be July 31st in ME'DI.ATE's Green Sound Festival at the Lab in San Francisco. I'll be presenting a set of pieces inspired by Palmer Station's Adélie penguins, including several world premieres.

Activating the Medium: Ice

This weekend I'm part of 23five's Thirteenth Annual Activating the Medium Festival at The Lab in San Francisco.

On Friday night, fellow NSF Antarctic Artists Lisa Blatt and Michael Bartalos and I will be discussing making art in Antarctica.


Friday, April 16, doors at 8pm, panel discussion at 8:30, music at 9:15
$8 – $15 sliding scale or FREE with membership
G*Park
Joshua Churchill
Adam Sonderberg
Panel / Lecture with Antarctic artists

Then on Saturday night my ensemble (A.L. Dentel, Cliff Neighbors, Felix Macnee) and I will be performing five my Antarctic compositions, including two brand new works featuring penguin bones and icicles played live on stage. This will be your last chance to see some of these Antarctic pieces in the San Francisco Bay Area. After this show I will continue working on Antarctic compositions but I will be writing and performing a new works.

Saturday, April 17, doors at 8pm, music at 8:30
$8 – $15 sliding scale or FREE with membership
Cheryl E. Leonard
Pedestrian Deposit
Jesse Burson
Rale

The Lab, 2948 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

Activating the Medium Festival April 16-17

I am excited to announce that my next concert of Antarctic compositions will be in 23Five's Activating the Medium XIII, this April in San Francisco. The theme of this year's festival is ICE, so my work should fit right in.

I'm planning to premiere three new compositions in addition to performing the pieces I have already completed. The first new work is inspired by melting glaciers and will feature icicles played live onstage. The second will be a duet for penguin bones and penguin vocalizations, and the third will combine the limpet shell instrument with recordings of underwater ice. More details coming soon...

April 16, 2010
G*Park
Joshua Churchill
Adam Sonderberg
Panel / Lecture hosted by Cheryl Leonard

April 17, 2010
Cheryl E. Leonard- Antarctic works
Pedestrial Deposit
Jesse Burson
Rale

The Lab
2948 16th Street (at Capp)
San Francisco, CA 94103

Live on stage this Saturday Oct 10th

Come see my first three completed Antarctic compositions this Saturday at Mills College. Together with musicians A.L. Dentel and Cliff Neighbors I'll be performing:

Greater Than 20 Knots- a piece inspired by the mighty Antarctic winds
Brash Ice- explores the spectrum of sounds that ice makes underwater
Lullaby for E Seals- sort of a love song for Antarctica

This will also be the concert debut of several new instruments made with materials I collected at Palmer Station, including the Limpet Shell Spine and three Adelie penguin bone instruments.

We are playing first, so don't be late!

Saturday October 10, 2009, 8pm
Littlefield Concert Hall
Mills College, 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, CA 94613
$15 general, $10 seniors and non-Mills students

NICK DIDKOVSKY, KRYS BOBROWSKI, CHERYL E. LEONARD
Breathtaking works located at the intersection of the natural world and new technologies. Nick Didkovsky performs new solo works for prepared electric guitar, electronics, and software. Krys Bobrowski's works feature everyday objects and invented instruments made from natural materials. Cheryl E. Leonard premieres compositions for amplified natural objects and field recordings from Antarctica.

October 10th - Save the Date

I'll be premiering the first few works from my set of Antarctic compositions in October. Look for pieces inspired by brash ice, Adelies, and a lullaby for E Seals...

Music by Cheryl E. Leonard, Nick Didkovsky and Krys Bobrowski
Saturday October 10th, 8pm
Mills College Concert Hall
5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, CA

Mark your calendars. More details coming soon.