Steven Feifke

Feifke was born in Lexington, Massachusetts. He attended Lexington High School and the New England Conservatory of Music Preparatory School.^[1] He attended NYU where he received a degree in Jazz Studies and Economics. He obtained a Master of Music in Jazz Composition from the Manhattan School of Music.^[4]

He has played with Chad Lefkowitz Brown,^[5][6] Steve Tyrell,^[7] Santino Fontana,^[8] Randy Brecker,^[9] Benny Benack III,^[10] Bryan Carter, and Alexa Tarantino.^[11][12][13]

Feifke lectured on orchestration and harmony at Yale University.^[14] He developed a curriculum which integrated the American civil rights movement with jazz pedagogy for Arts Mid-Hudson.^[15] Feifke also served as a Guest Artist-in-Residence at Moravian College.^[16] Feifke serves on the faculty for The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music and Berklee College of Music.^[17][18]

As a composer and orchestrator, he has written for artists such as Danny Janklow, Michael Dease, Ulysses Owens, Chris Norton, and Chad Lefkowitz-Brown.^[23][24] Feifke's debut album Peace in Time was released in 2015 featuring artists such as Andrew Gould and Jimmy Macbride.^[25][26]

Feifke has written original works for television and film media; his music can be heard on an episode of Jerry Seinfeld’s hit Netflix show “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee”^[27] featuring former President Barack Obama.^[28] Feifke was commissioned by Catskill Jazz Factory to compose an orchestral piece that debuted at the New Generation Festival in Florence, Italy.^[29]

Feifke is a Yamaha Performing Artist.^[30]