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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Last minute trip to the middle of nowhere in San Benito County (vaguely near New Idria) for some field recording and photography!

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Join us for "Newt Pool" this Sunday in the West Oakland Sound Series. Wobby and I present music that celebrates the astonishing aquatic voices of plants, invertebrates, and newts from Marin Headlands! Also on the bill is the Departure Duo: Nina Guo and Edward Kass. www.sfsound.info#april-12-2026

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Some of the instruments I’ll be playing tonight as part of Thomas Carnacki in our set at the MilkBar milkbar.org

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Start the new year out with a sea of wondrous sounds! LISTENING WITH POINT REYES, this Saturday Jan 10th, 2-4pm: www.eventbrite.com/.../listenin.... Join sound recordists Ernst Karel and Cheryl E. Leonard and explore a variety of habitats in Point Reyes National Seashore through audio recordings.

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Start the new year out with a sea of wondrous sounds! LISTENING WITH POINT REYES, January 10, 2026, 2-4pm. Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/listening-... Join Ernst Karel and Cheryl E. Leonard for a listening session in which we explore Point Reyes National Seashore through audio recordings.

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

A big thank you to Tobias Fischer for the opportunity to respond to such thoughtful questions on listening, sound, and music! 15questions.net/interview/ch...

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

"near the bear," is out today! From walrus encounters at 79° N to watching the ocean freeze at -35° C, the album celebrates the High Arctic. Sounds played on natural and human-made objects intertwine with field recordings and site-specific improvisations in five works about Svalbard & Greenland.

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

My new Arctic album is now available for preorder: f-o-m.bandcamp.com/album/near-t...! Five compositions inspired by the unique wildlife, environments, and human histories of Svalbard and Greenland. Available from forms of minutiae as a limited-edition CD+booklet or digital download+PDF booklet.

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Things I played at the UB radio salon on Sunday

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Setup for my performances this Sunday at Headlands Center for the Arts as part of their Summer Open House. I’ll be in the Gym doing a sound installation and two live sets!

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Instruments for my set earlier today at the San Francisco Main Library. Thanks to all who came out to listen!

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

My table at the end of last night’s Sonic Cartography improv gig in Berkeley. Good fun!

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Pleased to announce that Euphotic’s latest album (which I played on and mixed) is out today on Confront Recordings: confrontrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/clastic

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Recording locations from last weekend’s Nature Sounds Society Workshop: Sierra Valley, Carmen Valley, and Yuba Pass. Early, chilly, good times!

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Recording at Rawhiti Cave (near Takata, New Zealand) two days ago: drippy!

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Excited that music, natural-object instruments, and the graphic score from my composition "Littoral" are included in Marin MOCA's latest exhibition, "Future Flows." www.marinmoca.org/see-and-expe...

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Last night’s musical instruments for a Thomas Carnacki set at the Peacock Lounge

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Rehearsing for my concert tomorrow night at Stanford’s Cantor Arts Center. I’m performing a set of pieces about clinate change in the polar regions and California. events.stanford.edu/events/forms...

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Tidal flow, Drakes Estero, Point Reyes National Seashore

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Weaned elephant seal pups this morning out at Point Reyes National Seashore

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Gnarly root beauty - Strawberry Gap Trail, North Carolina

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Beautiful view of Mono Lake and the Eastern Sierras this morning. Protect our public lands!!

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Northern elephant seal weaned pups at Point Reyes National Seashore

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Northern elephant seal weanlings this morning 😁

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Rehearsing a set of deep time pieces inspired by glacier-carved marks and landforms in Norway. Hear them live tomorrow night (2/20) when I open up for Lia Kohl at the Lab in San Francisco! www.thelab.org/projects/202...

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Another gorgeous day of hanging out with the elephant seals!

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Finally, some good news: out at Pt. Reyes National Seashore this year’s elephant seal pup numbers are above the 5-year average!

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Spirit recharge at Point Reyes National Seashore

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Tonight at the San Francisco Tape Music Festival I’m presenting a brand new multi-channel version of my piece “Eremozoic.” Comprised primarily of recordings of the Pacific Ocean made inside antique bottles, the piece is a reflection on the extinction crisis. sfsound.org/tape/

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

My instruments for tonight’s Thomas Carnacki rehearsal

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Excellent recording weather yesterday out at Pt. Reyes National Seashore where I checked out the beginning of elephant seal pupping season

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Work-in-progress creature/musical instrument (fossilized bones + driftwood)

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Tonight’s frothy, high-surf-advisory sunset (Ocean Beach, San Francisco)

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Christmas Day hike to Tennessee Valley Beach with the Pacific looking moody between storms

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Happy Solstice everyone! I am mesmerized by the magic of giant snowflakes today!

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

A glorious post-storm sunset at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach last night

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Studying coast live oak. Asemic calligraphies/graphic music scores based on ancient oaks in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. (Fire extinguisher not included)