Boston Cyberarts Festival performance

Neil Leonard/Kenwood Dennard Duo @ Boston Cyberarts Festival/Cloud Foundation

Cloud Foundation presents
Neil Leonard and Kenwood Dennard with students from Berklee
Saturday May 5, 2:00 PM

Together, Leonard (winds) and Dennard (percussion) jam with software that tracks their performance and improvises linear illuminations, harmonic tapestries and poly-algorythmik-acuzmatic beats. Leonard’s ensemble has featured Marshall Allen(Director of the Sun Ra Arkestra), Bruce Barth, Don Byron, Robin Eubanks, Frank Lacy, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, and Uri Caine. Leonard’s ‘Dreaming of an Island’ was premiered by the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra. Kenwood Dennard has recorded with Quincy Jones, Miles Davis, Sting, Jaco Pastorius and Maceo Parker.

The opening set will featured works by Anthony Baldino, Joe
Branciforte, Julia Campbell and Pierce Warnecke of Berklee’s Music
Synthesis program.

This event was part of CyberArtCentral for Youths at Cloud Place and
co-sponsored by the Boston Cyberarts Festival.

Cloud Foundation
647 Boylston St., second floor
Boston, MA 02116

Cloud Foundation
Boston Cyberarts Festival

All photos are courtesy of Joel Veak


Neil Leonard

Kenwood Dennard

Neil Leonard and Kenwood Dennard

Pierce Warnecke

Anthony Baldino

Julia Campbell and Joe Sexton

Joe Branciforte

A recent concert for the Boston Cyberarts Festival

The Music Synthesis Department of Berklee College of Music presents:

Interactive music and video by students, faculty and special guest composer/sound artist Olivia Block
Sunday April 29, 7:30 pm

Olivia Block presents the world premiere of Rime and Glaze for 24 musicians. Block’s score integrates voices, string quartet, laptop soloists, contact mics and more. Pierce Warnecke, Anthony Baldino and Julia Campbell from Music Synthesis present new works. Associate Professor Neil Leonard presents Echoes and Footsteps for winds, electronics and video.

Berklee College of Music
Fenway Recital Hall
22 Fenway Road, Boston



The Music Synthesis CyberOrchetra:
Anthony Baldino – conductor
Olivia Block - Electronics
Jess Hewitt - sine waves
Pierce Warneke – electronic noises
Mica Bando - Voice
Deborah Egloff - voice
Kerry Leva – voice
Neil Leonard - bass clarinet
Julia Campbell - baritone sax
Chris Lane - trumpet
Bryan House - bass trombone
Ariadna Rodriguez - violin
Stephanie Oestreich - violin
Tim Weed - viola
Jeff Song - cello
Beau Sievers - percussion
Jason Wray - percussion
Joe Branciforte – percussion

After the performance!