Charlotte Leamon is a Sydney-based composer and sound artist who composes radical sound worlds often centred around environmental topics and issues. Charlotte writes in various medias including chamber, electroacoustic, multimedia and theatre. A recipient of the Chandler Scholarship and University Merit Prize, Charlotte was awarded First Class Honours for a Bachelor of Music (Composition) from the Sydney Conservatorium where her pieces have been workshopped by the Australian String Quartet, Opera Australia Orchestra, and recorded by the Sydney Youth Orchestra.
2026 sees her work presented in Los Angeles for the 2026 Experiments in Electronic Sound Festival at CalArts. Her work Déjà Vu will premiere in October for pianist Liam Furey as part of the ANAM Set Commission, as well as her new work Intertidal Pools for Scalp ensemble. Within the last year, Charlotte’s works have been showcased in Mexico for the Chicharra Festival, London as part of the International Sound Art Exhibition, in Melbourne at Sleepless Festival in Footscray, and in Berlin for the Artspring Lauschsalon. Charlotte was selected for the international call for works as part of the 5th edition of the Sound Ecology Research Music festival in Grenoble, France and for La Hora Acusmatica in Argentina. Charlotte was a participant in the Illuminated NOW! Emerging Composer program with the Australian Haydn Ensemble and her work from Bangkok was displayed at Parramatta Lanes Festival alongside Dr. Ivan Zavada and peers as part of the Global Mobility scholarship.
Recent highlights include a world premiere by Corvus Ensemble in Fairbanks (Alaska) as part of the program 'Composing in the Wilderness'. Her series of works titled 'Refractional' were commissioned by RMIT and premiered at the Melbourne Recital centre, and her works have been displayed at the ‘Inner West Sounds’ festival, Australasian Computer Music Conference and the Whispers and Roars Festival. Charlotte has curated acousmatic and installation concerts featuring Daniel Blinkhorn and Alexis Weaver, and in late 2024 she curated a multi-channel, multimedia concert for her album Clusters and Bubbles.
Charlotte’s sound design for theatre has been showcased nationally and internationally in Edinburgh, New York and New Zealand. She has received runner up in her sound design for the Sydney Broadway World Awards in 2022.
