Steven Feifke

Feifke was born in Lexington, Massachusetts. He attended Lexington High School and the New England Conservatory of Music Preparatory School.[3] 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]