leslie steinweiss

composer lyricist

CONCERT MUSIC

FOR SMALL ENSEMBLES

STRINGS

String Trio #1 

String Trio #2 

String Quartet #1

PIANO AND STRINGS

Piano Trio

Piano Quartet#1 

Piano Quartet #2 

Piano Quintet

Sonata for cello and Piano

WINDS AND BRASS

Quintet for Winds 

“Brassing Around” for Brass ensemble 

MIXED ENSEMBLES

Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (also Viola and Piano version )

Trio for Piano, Clarinet and Viola 

Short Pieces for Cello, Clarinet and Piano 

Rondo for Harp Flute and Bass Clarinet

FOR ORCHESTRA

SMALL ORCHESTRA

Elegy for an Ailing Planet 

Serenade for Piano, Winds and Strings 

SMALL ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS

The Song I heard-Mixed choir 

On the Edge 

FOR PIANO

 SOLO PIANO

Four Contemplations  

Six one minute Trifles

Little Orleans 

Leroy Street Rag

THEATER MUSIC

musicals

MUSIC by Leslie Steinweiss, Lyrics by Didi Balle

BEAUTIFUL SOUP- A musical

The Whole Theater, NJ workshop and showcase

 Home for contemporary theater and art, NYC workshop and showcase

THE SCHOOL OF JOLLY DOGS-A musical

Home for contemporary theater and art, NYC-production 1988,1989

St. Lawrence theater festival- Production 1992

O'Neill theater center workshop and showcase 1996

MOONSONG- A cabaret-in development

 

MUSIC AND LYRICS by Leslie Steinweiss

RACHEL CALOF: A Memoir with Music

Productions: 

Ensemble Studio Theatre West   November 2010

John Raitt Theatre, Pepperdine University February 2011

FRINGE/New York International Theater Festival   August 2011

Jewish Theater Conference, UCLA  January 2012

Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company  August 2013

Devils Lake, North Dakota June 2014

The McNay Art Museum, San Antonio,Texas December2014

 A BINTEL BRIEF-in development

OTHER SONGS

FOR A LIST OF OTHER SONGS, THEATRICAL AND PERSONAL PLEASE SEND INQUIRIES TO leslie@lesliesteinweiss.com

 incidental music

THE PRICE OF GENIUS-A play by Betty Neustadt Broadway-the Lambs Theater (Broadway production)-1982

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW” at The Colonades NYC-1984

THE ODYSSEY-stage adaptation for young audiences- Lincoln center teaching institute-1987

3 STORIES FROM DUBLINERS- stage adaptation young audiences- Lincoln center teaching institute- 1988

ALICE IN WONDERLAND- stage adaptation young audiences - Lincoln center teaching institute-1989

film MUSIC

SHORTS

“ERNEST AND CELESTINE”- A SHORT FILM BY MARJORY STEINWEISS-1989

‘CAFE OLE’ ‘-A SHORT FILM BY MARJORY STEINWEISS-1990

“CALEB AND KATE”- A SHORT FILM BY MARJORY STEINWEISS-1990

RIVER SONG- A SHORT FILM BY SOPHIE BEN-ZVI- 1991

OPEN LINES- A SHORT FILM BY MARJORY STEINWEISS-1991

MUSEUM SCANDALS- A SHORT FILM BY SANDE SHURIN-2008

SHADOWCAST- A SHORT FILM BY LESLIE STEINWEISS-2013

DOCUMENTARIES

"SENATOR SAM”-  FILM ABOUT THE LIFE OF THE  LATE SENATOR SAM ERVIN-A PBS DOCUMENTARY 

“UNDER THE GUN: DEMOCRACY IN GUATEMALA"-A PBS DOCUMENTARY

EARLY PRODUCTIONS