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ComposersNOW interview with the Composer Curator Initiative hosted by Whitney George, NYC. Featured composers: Anne LeBaron, Jasmine Barnes, and Stephanie Leotsakos (Timestamp 54:33)

Stephanie conducted the 'Pie Jesu' of Gabriel Faure's Requiem at the Princeton University Chapel for the 150th Anniversary of the Princeton University Glee Club on November 17, 2024.

Stephanie conducted the world premiere of the first modern Chazzanut opera titled Yehudit by cantor-composer, Iris Karlin, on May 16th at Temple Emanu-El in NYC.

Assistant conductor, Stephanie Leotsakos, gave her NYC opera conducting debut, conducting a fully-staged production of Mozart's Don Giovanni with Amore Opera, on Saturday, February 3rd, 2024 at 2:30 PM at The Center at West Park.

Stephanie was named the 2024 winner of the National Opera Association’s Dominick Argento Fellowship for Opera Composition at the NOA’s 69th Annual National Conference on January 6, 2024!

A clinician in the 2024 NJ Music Educators Association Conference in Atlantic City, Stephanie presented The Gnotes™ Method on Feb 24, 2024.

Stephanie’s original Tonnetz is now a FREE and INTERACTIVE web-based app that you can play with anytime!
Follow this LINK to read more about it and to give it a try!

Stephanie’s opera ‘Young Goodman Brown’ was once again featured in the Philly Fringe Festival in October 2023 as part of The Perspective Collective’s “Dark Places” program.

‘Young Goodman Brown’ also premiered internationally at the 2023 Fringe TheatreFest in June with The Perspective Collective in Barnstaple, U.K. and received a glowing review! Click HERE to listen to the recorded live-performance and read the review in the description!

In the summer of 2023, Stephanie completed the Toy Creators Academy and was awarded the “Most Innovative Student” award in Azhelle Wade’s TCA 6.0 course.
She has invented new music technologies and educational games and is pursuing patents. Subscribe to her newsletter below to follow her professional journey, including toy journey updates!

Stephanie was honored to be one of four semi-finalists in the 2023 National Federation of Music Clubs Vocal Competition. With a diverse 70-minute program prepared, she competed in the live-rounds of the competition in Norfolk, VA in June 2023 and had a very positive experience!

A new choral work titled “We call the moon” dedicated to Stephanie’s late aunt Margo premiered with the Wagner College Treble Choir in April 2023.