STEVEN LEFFUE
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Steven Leffue | sound design and music

EXPERIENCE &  AFFILIATIONS

Co-Founder and Board Member - JACK
Independent Composer/Designer - New York/California
Lecturer of Sound Design - University of California San Diego 
Director - International School of Music, Washington DC 
Instructor of Woodwinds and Theory - International School of Music, Washington DC

Member - International Association of Computer Music

SOFTWARE

Pure Data
MaxMSP
Ableton Live
Reaper
Avid Pro Tools
Meyer Sound MAPP online XT
ArrayCalc
Vectorworks
Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, In Design, Premier Pro)

Qlab
Git
Android Studio
Xcode
Sonic Visualizer

REVIEWS

The New York Times: Quiet, Comfort
Village Voice: Quiet, Comfort
culturebot: Quiet, Comfort
The New York Times: Beckett Solos 
The New York Times: Shadows
​New York Theater Review: Baal
The Washington Post: Billy the Kid
dctheaterscene.com: Billy the Kid
slantmagazine.com: Shadows
culturebot.org: Shadows
Hyperallergic.com: The Georges
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The San Fransisco Bay View: The Brothers Size
The San Diego Union Tribune: The Wind and the Breeze

THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS

Every Brilliant Thing
​Theater of Music Season
The Wind and the Breeze
How to Defend Yourself
Mothers
You
​Under Construction
Cotton Candy & Cocaine
​Waiting for Godot
Machinal
​Vieux Carre
​Angels in America: Perestroika
Quiet, Comfort

​Go. Please. Go.
​Precipitate

​Movers & Shakers
Exit Cuckoo​
​Rhinoceros
​The Brothers Size
Translation Play
Angels in America: Part 1
Death of a Driver 
3 Women in 4 Chairs
Hamlet
The Third Thing
​Really Fall
Golden Boy
A Brief History of Japanese Theater
WGRG-TV
Plato: The Republic
Beckett Solos: Cascando, Footfalls, Rockaby
Night Blooming Jasmine
Alarmed
​The Georges
Outcry
Baal
Billy the Kid: First Exhumation
Duncan Macmillan & Johnny Donahoe
Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble
Nathan Davis
Lily Padilla
Anna Moench
​Edward Tucker
Charles Mee
​Ella Rose Charry
​Samuel Beckett
​Sophie Treadwell
Tennessee Williams
​Tony Kushner
Toshiki Okada
​Emily Feldman
Gehmann & Tracy

​Deborah Stein
Lisa Ramirez​
Eugene Ionesco

Tarell Alvin McCraney
Emily Feldman
Tony Kushner
William Snider
Emily Feldman
William Shakespeare
Gehmann, Tracy, Aust, Apple
Yolande Snaith
Clifford Odets
The Georges
The Georges
Hoi Polloi
Samuel Beckett
​Israela Margalit
Hoi Polloi
Hoi Polloi
Thais Francis
Bertolt Brecht
Redd Shifft
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Cynet Theater, San Diego
City Theater, Pittburgh
Cygnet Theater, San Diego
La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego
La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego
Hall and Mirrors Productions, Los Angeles
Without Walls Festival 2017, San Diego
Theatre C, Queens NY
La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego

San Diego CA, Oakland CA, Brooklyn NY
La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego
University of California San Diego
JACK, Brooklyn NY

La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego
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La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego
UBUNTU Theater Project, Oakland
La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego

UBUNTU Theater Project, Oakland
University of California San Diego
Qualcomm Center, San Diego
University of California San Diego
La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego
La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego
University of California San Diego
La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego
La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego
JACK, Brooklyn NY
JACK, Brooklyn NY
Brooklyn NY, Durham NC
JACK, Brooklyn NY
Theater Under St. Mark's, Manhattan NY
Dixon Place, Manhattan NY
The Public Theater, Manhattan NY​
JACK, Brooklyn NY
JACK, Brooklyn NY
Washington DC Fringe Festival
August 2018
​July 2018
May 2018
April 2018
April 2018
Nov 2017
Oct 2017
Sept 2017
​Spring 2017
Jan 2017
​Nov 2016
​Sept 2016
Aug 2016
May 2016
Feb 2016
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​Feb 2016
Feb 2016
​Nov 2015

​​July 2015
June 2015
June 2015
April 2015
April 2015
Feb 2015
Jan 2015
​Nov 2014
Oct 2014
June 2014
April 2014
Feb 2014
Oct 2013
​May 2013
April 2013
​2013
Jan 2013
Aug 2012
Aug 2009

RECENT MUSICAL PERFORMANCES

05.13.16   A Theory of Harmony
04.13.16   Leffue, Nordensen, Motl Trio
04.10.16   Improvisation w/Benefits
03.31.16   Head over Heels
03.15.16   Electroacoustic Improvisations
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5.06.15  Threepenny Opera
03.15.15   Anne Gehmann & Steven Leffue Duo
11.21.14   Leffue, Nordensen, Motl Trio
06.13.14   Tatsuya Nakatani/Steven Leffue Duo
04.06.14   Jooklo Duo w/special guests Steven Leffue, Stanley Zappa, & Jim Hobbs
03.10.14   XXL - curated by Ingrid Laubrock
02.06.14   the Georges, BLACK MALE REVISTED
11.17.13   JACKtronics, Nathan Davis' Cipher 
10.18.13   WKCR Recording Session
07.22.13   Jazz Night at 739
07.21.13   Blind Tiger 
07.13.13   BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE ART FESTIVAL
07.12.13   LIVE w/ Julian Rozzell Jr.
07.08.13   LIVE w/ Nick Podgurski (drums)
07.06.13   the Georges
07.08.13   My Three Dads w/ Ezra Gale (bass), Tim Bulkley (drums)
06.17.13   New Music Showdown
06.08.13   the Georges
05.12.13   Coma
04.12.13   the Georges
04.08.13   Alarmed with Abke Haring
04.05.13   Quiet City at LICC
03.01.13   The Animals & the Georges
Center for Interesting Noises, UC Irvine
SpringFest Music Festival, The Loft
Kava Lounge, San Diego
IDEAS Festival 2016, CALit2
Kava Lounge, San Diego
​Conrad Prebys Music Center, UCSD
this, Institute for Creative Movement
The Experimental Theater, UCSD CPMS
JACK
JACK
Clemente Soto Velez
Danspace Project, St Mark's Church
JACK
​Columbia University
739 Franklin, Brooklyn 
Blind Tiger, JACK
the Georges, Sabatomic Garden, Jaamil Kosoko, JACK
WAM BAM Productions Release, 125 Avenue D
739 Franklin, Brooklyn
Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn
739 Franklin, Brooklyn
JACK
Joe's Pub, Manhattan
ABC No RIO, Manhattan
Super CODA @ Spectrum, Manhattan
Dixon Place, Manhattan
The Secret Theater, LICC
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COOL PLACES I'VE PLAYED
​​The Loft, University of California San Diego

Center for Interesting Noises, UC Irvine
Kava Lounge, San Diego
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IDEAS Festival @ CALit2
​Conrad Prebys Music Center, UCSD

this, Institute for Creative Movement
Joe's Pub, Manhattan
Danspace, Manhattan
Dixon Place, Manhattan
ABC No Rio, Manhattan
Spectrum, Manhattan
Under St Marks Theater, Manhattan
Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, Manhattan
The Secret Theater, Queens
Goodbye Blue Mondays, Brooklyn 
739 Franklin, Brooklyn
The Collapsable Hole, Brooklyn
JACK, Brooklyn
WKCR, Columbia University
 
La Maison des Etats Unis, Paris FR
La Sorbonne, Paris FR
Conservatoire Nationale de Region Bolougne-Billancourt, Paris FR

Russian Cultural Institute, Washington DC
Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center, Silver Spring MD
Northwestern University
Eastman School of Music
Catholic University of America
South Carolina University
Youngstown State University
West Virginia University
Bowling Green State University​

COMMISSIONS & DEDICATIONS

Nathan Davis - Cipher for baritone sax and electronics 
Robert Morris - Knot Lilacs for solo alto saxophone 
Thomas DeLio - Transparent Wave VII for solo alto saxophone
Kyle Johnson - The Time Then Was Now, literally for saxophone and mixed media 
Stephen Lilly - Edgeplay for saxophone and MAX 
Chan Ji Kim - Bamboo Forrest for saxophone quartet (s,a,t,b)
Andrew Mead - Schema solo soprano saxophone, Schemata (2 performers: s,s,a,a,t,b,b,bs)
Heather Figi - Moon Big soprano saxophone + string quartet
Blair Goins - Concerto for soprano saxophone & chamber ensemble

EDUCATION

Doctor of Music in Performance and Pedagogy 
University of Maryland

Mentors: Dale Underwood and Thomas DeLio 

Master of Fine Arts - Sound Design 
University of California San Diego
Studies of aesthetics and engineering with Shahrokh Yadegari 
Independent research in interactive real-time processing with Miller Puckette
Studies of music analysis with Roger Reynolds
​Studies of directing with Gabor Tompka


Master of Music
University of Florida
Mentor: Jonathan Helton
Thesis performance of works by Wuorinen, Berio, Lauba, Rosse, and Deall


Diplome des Etudes Musicale
Music Performance and Chamber Music
Conservatoire Nationale de Region, Paris, FR
Mentor: Jean-Michel Goury
Premiere prix a la unanimite de la jurie
Tours of northern and southern France with the Grand Ensemble des Saxophone Boulogne-Billancourt.


​Bachelor of Music
Bowling Green State University
Mentor: John Sampen

Thesis performance of works by Lauba, Desenclos, Husa, Dahl, Denisov, Stockhausen
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