Cheryl E. Leonard's guest appearances

Cheryl E. Leonard

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Cheryl E. Leonard is a San Francisco-based composer, performer, field recordist, and instrument builder whose works investigate sounds, structures, and objects from the natural world. Her projects cultivate stones, wood, water, ice, sand, shells, feathers, and bones as musical instruments, and often feature one-of-a-kind sculptural instruments and field recordings from remote locales.We talk about her time at Palmer Station in Antarctica, her instruments built from natural objects, Tenaya Lake, about her compositional process, and about several specific works.Pieces featured, in order heard:Adélie Colony Young ChicksFrozen OverAblation Zone (unreleased)In The Gloaminghttp://allwaysnorth.com/https://cherylleonard.bandcamp.com/https://soundcloud.com/ieallwaysnorth'Music from the Ice' Blog

Cheryl E. Leonard is a San Francisco-based composer, performer, field recordist, and instrument builder whose works investigate sounds, structures, and objects from the natural world. Her projects cultivate stones, wood, water, ice, sand, shells, feathers, and bones as musical instruments, and often feature one-of-a-kind sculptural instruments and field recordings from remote locales. We talk about her time at Palmer Station in Antarctica, her instruments built from natural objects, Tenaya Lake, about her compositional process, and about several specific works. Pieces featured, in order heard: <a href="https://cherylleonard.bandcamp.com/track/ad-lie-colony-young-chicks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Adélie Colony Young Chicks</a> <a href="https://cherylleonard.bandcamp.com/track/frozen-over" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Frozen Over</a> Ablation Zone (unreleased) <a href="https://remembrancespecies.bandcamp.com/track/cheryl-leonard-in-the-gloaming" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In The Gloaming</a> <a href="http://allwaysnorth.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://allwaysnorth.com/</a> <a href="https://cherylleonard.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://cherylleonard.bandcamp.com/</a> <a href="https://soundcloud.com/ieallwaysnorth" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/ieallwaysnorth</a> '<a href="http://musicfromtheice.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Music from the Ice' Blog</a>

San Francisco musician Cheryl E. Leonard finds her inspiration -- and instruments -- in the world that surrounds her. Leonard makes music by bowing, tapping, rubbing and otherwise manipulating objects she finds in nature. Spark checks in on this innovative young composer as she prepares a series of five new works entitled "Ziran," which is Chinese in origin and is used to mean the concept of naturalness.

Cheryl E. Leonard: Music

Spark finds the song inside pine cones, with composer/performer Cheryl E. Leonard. Original air date: May 2005.

Find the Song in Nature with Cheryl E. Leonard