Peter Leonard is a creative coder, sound artist, fabricator, and educator based in New Bedford, MA and New Orleans, LA. Leonard’s musical compositions and sound installations have been presented in the United States and abroad – at the International Computer Music Conference, the Society for Electroacoustic Music in the US Conference, the Electric LaTex Festival, and regional art galleries. He has received awards and recognition from the American Composers Forum, the French Ministry of Culture, and the Taos Community Foundation.
He holds a MA in Music Science and Technology from Tulane University, a BA in Integrative Arts from Penn State University, a certificate in electronic music composition from the Centre de Création Musicale Iannis Xenakis, and is a student of Hindustani Classical Music under sarod maestro Atish Mukhopadhyay in Kolkata, India.
Leonard’s scholarly research focuses on audio encryption, electronic instrument development, microtonality, electro-acoustic music analysis, and medical applications for sound. His articles have been featured in the Journal SEAMUS. He has worked for the past 12 years as a web developer and creative coder. Leonard is also a passionate educator who has taught at Tulane University and numerous high schools often in special education/ music therapy; he has also created and led a large number of community workshops on various topics including robotics, homemade instrument building, World Music, visual arts, and music theory.