When he plays Ballroom and American Songbook, you'll feel like you're in a night club scene in a Fred Astaire movie.

His klezmer will bring to life for you an exciting Jewish musical tradition.

His singers and pop artists present a virtual history of pop music from Elvis to the present

Check out Shadow Song and hear a consummate jazz saxophonist.

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After graduating Mannes College of Music as a flute performance major, studying with John Wummer
and Harold Bennett, Howard studied orchestration and composition with Nicholas Flagello and Adolph Sandole.

Howard Leshaw was a staff composer- arranger for a music production company headed by renowned composer
Hale Rood as well as music director of Televenture Productions, a TV production company.

Howard Leshaw was a staff musician for the CBS-TV show “Comedy Zone”, and was also featured in the PBS Special “In The Fiddler’s House”. 

As a saxophonist Howard Leshaw toured with the Jaki Byard Quartet, The Beach Boys, Frankie Valli, and Mel
Torme.

Howard Leshaw orchestrated a number of shows for producer Moe Septee including “Those Where The Days”, “Here’s to Danny”, a Danny Kaye review, “Tovah Feldshuh and Bruce Adler” and “Mickey Katz” featuring Joel Grey.

Howard Leshaw has also composed the music for the stage show “Infinite Jest”.  He has performed as a woodwind player on thousands of sessions and concerts playing every kind of music imaginable. 

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