"incredible sound design."
     - culturebot.org

"Superlative sound design"
     - The New York Times

"There are the plays you go to see—and then there are the plays you go to be taken somewhere."                 
   - New York Theater Review

Julian Rozzell Jr. in Toshiki Okada's Quiet, Comfort

By combining musicianship, engineering, and cutting edge technology, Steven Leffue composes visceral, interactive sonic designs and creates immersive audio systems for live performance.  His work includes work for theater, music, fixed media, interactive apps, and system design. Using acoustic, electronic, and digital media to innovate a unique blend of influences, he has presented work across the United States, in Europe and in Asia. 

In addition to composing and designing, he is a member of Hoi Polloi Theater Company (hoipolloiworld.com), serves as the Americas Regional Director on the Board of the International Computer Music Association, and is co-founder of the OBIE award winning interdisciplinary arts venue, JACK, in Clinton Hill Brooklyn (jackny.org). 

Steven is an avid music technology educator. He has served as Assistant Professor of Sound Design at Ohio University, Lecturer in Sound Design at University of California San Diego, Director for the University Theatre at University of California Riverside, and as Director of the International School of Music in Washington DC.

"Assaulted by sound. A noisescape that experientially presented embodied anxiety."
     - culturebot.org