Leonard’s cyberjazz ensemble has featured Badal Roy, tabla virtuoso and veteran of Miles Davis’ band, and David Bryant, synthesist with Ornette Coleman, Bob Gullotti and John Lockwood of The Fringe.

As a saxophonist Leonard has performed with: Afrocuba, Alloy Orchestra, Boston Ballet, Juan Blanco, Boston Improvisers Group, Richard Boulanger, Hiram Bullock, Tyrone Brown, Don Byron, Uri Caine, Ibrahima Camara, Bakida Carrol, Dominique Eade, Kevin Eubanks, Robin Eubanks, Delbert Felix, Anton Fier, Bob Gullotti, Tom Hamilton, Lex Humphies, Gene Jackson, Manuel Gerena, Rick Iannacone, Khan Jamal, Henry Jimeniz, Howard Johnson, Frank Lacy, Byard Lancaster, Bill Lewis, Victor Lewis, John Lockwood, Joe Maneri, Mandela Octet, Karen Mantler, John Medeski, Mezcla, Joe Morris, Andrea Parkins, Don Patterson, Tom Plsek, Larry Polansky, Odean Pope, Wolfgang Pushnick, Nelson Rangell, Michael Ray, Badal Roy, Emiliano Salvador, D. Sharpe, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Lew Soloff, Steve Swallow, Totem, Garry Valente, Miguel Villafruela, Steve Weisberg, Mark Whitfield, Ishmael Wilburn, Willie Williams, Phil Wilson, Bobby Zankel, Evan Ziporyn.

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COMMISSIONS
Since 1993, Leonard has received commissions from soloists, ensembles and media artists. Don Byron premiered Leonard’s ‘Totems’ with Semaphore at the Interpretations Series at Weill Recital Hall. Leonard’s collaborative works with visual artist Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons have been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, NY, purchased by the National Gallery of Canada, commissioned by the List Visual Arts Center at MIT, and will be featured in the Vienna Biennial, 2001. Leonard composed the music for ‘Relatives’ by Tony Oursler and Constance DeJong that was featured at the Whitney Biennial, 1989. He collaborated with Dick Rodgers on music for ‘Greater Boston Arts’/WGBH-TV and Salem Mekuria for her ‘Ye Wonz Baibel’ (Deluge) commissioned by BBC Television/Channel 4. The Institute of Contemporary Art Boston commissioned his music for seven video catalog publications. He has also received commission from Victor Pellegrini, Laura Keunnan, ESP Percussion Trio, Constance DeJong, Tony Oursler, American Composers Forum, ICA/Boston.

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BROADCASTS
In 1999 Leonard gave a concert at UNEAC, in Havana, Cuba that was recorded and used for a two and a half minute piece on his work for Cuban national prime-time news. Recently, Leonard and Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons were the subject of a seven minute piece for Greater Boston Arts, WGBH-TV that was broadcast approximately 20 times. Other mass media screenings include an interview for the nationally syndicated ‘Scientia’, Channel GNT, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Russian national prime-time Russian news (2x2) and national radio (Orpheus and Radio-1) aired pieces on his performance at Alternativa Festival in Moscow.

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PRINT MEDIA
The New York Times Sunday Edition article Taking Over the Joystick of Natural Selection discussed his work with new technologies. Leonardo Music Journal (MIT Press) featured an article by Leonard. The Concord Journal printed Library to Host Jazz Innovator discussing his use of computers with his ensemble that features David Bryant and Badal Roy. Leonard's composition, performance and curratorial work was the subject of a cover article for Computer Music Journal (MIT Press).

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RECORDINGS
Regarding Leonard’s recent solo CD Timaeus master jazz composer George Russell wrote "If anyone can ‘in-soulmate’ the computer in a manner which integrates it beautifully and subtly with the heart and soul of the human artist, that person is Neil Leonard, and this CD is the realization of this worthy goal.”

Leonard’s interpretations and compositions can also be heard on XtraWATT/ECM, A&M and Accurate Records. He has commissioned works by Juan Blanco and Carlos Vazquez (both included on the Computer Music Journal 1999 compilation CD). The Boston Cyberarts Festival CD-ROM catalog featured Leonard’s M87. He was a featured saxophonist Ibrahima Camara’s CD Sama Yie.

Leonard played saxophone an clarinet on: I Can’t Stand Another Night Alone (In Bed With You), Steve Weisberg, produced by Carla Bley/Steve Swallow, XtraWATT/ECM, with Steve Swallow, Lew Soloff, Anton Fier, Victor Lewis, Wolfgang Pushnick. Leonard played clarinet on Hal Weiner, Lost in the Stars - the Music of Kurt Weill, A&M, with Andrea Parkins and Steve Weisberg. The CD also includes interpretations by Sting, Dominic Muldowney, Fowler Brothers, Stanard Ridgway, Marianne Faithfull, Chris Spedding, Van Dyke Parks, Armadillo String Quartet, John Zorn, Lou Reed, Carla Bley, Phil Woods, Tom Waits, Dagmar Krause, Aaron Neville, Todd Rundgren, Gary Windo, Charlie Haden, Henry Threadgill, Van Dyke Parks and Elliott Sharp.

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WORKSHOPS & RESIDENCIES
Leonard has been a visiting lecturer at Centro para la Difusion de la Musica Contemporanea, Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain; Conservatoria Nacional de Musica, Republica Dominicana; University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR; Theremin Center at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Moscow, Russia. He has given workshops at colleges nationally including: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH; University of Illinois Champaign Urbana IL; University of Missouri Kansas City, MO; Acoustical Society of America San Diego, California; Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT; Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, AL; Capital University Conservatory of Music, Columbus, OH; Middlebury College, VT; Salvador Dali Museum, Petersburg, FL

TEACHING
Leonard teaches at Berklee College of Music, Boston MA, where he was honored with award for the ‘most valuable contribution to the Music Technology Division curriculum.’

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