Leah is a composer, flutist and arranger living in Los Angeles.
Leah Paul is a multi-dimensional performer/composer who works seamlessly across a wide variety of genres. As a flutist she’s worked with a roster of musicians including Anthony Braxton, Matthew Welch and TV on the Radio, she can be heard on countless films, television shows and commercials as well. Her classical training in combination with her ease as an improvisor and collaborator places her in high demand for those looking for a musician with a great feel and intuitive sense.
Leah has released four albums under her own name that have received critical acclaim from the LA Times, NPR and gotten airplay all over the country.
As an orchestrator Leah has worked on major television shows, films and lots of live performances. Her ability to think as a performer combined with her technical knowledge and meticulous attention to detail has her in high demand.
Currently Leah is currently living in the Silverlake area of Los Angeles, in addition to her career as a composer and flutist, she is also an active teacher working for the Harmony Project of Los Angeles, YoungArts, as well as a guest lecturer at the Longy School of Music and a presenter at the Los Angeles Composer’s Salon. She is also the owner and creator of Sweet Potato Music!
“Beautiful new record from the flutist, composer and occasional singer Leah Paul…chamber music that has morphed into a kind of art songs, nicely done”
-John Schaefer, New Sounds WNYC
“…you’d think she’d have plenty worries of her own, what with trying to achieve a deft balance of classical, jazz and art-song aesthetics in her music. But she has done it with such seeming ease that it’s hard to find the seams…there’s no shoehorning of styles, no self-satisfied sense of achievement merely from bringing things together. Rather it’s a natural flow from an artist who seemingly has never considered there are different styles, but that music is music.” -Steve Hochman, Tuesday Reviewsday, Southern California Public Radio
“A nearly impossible to pin down flutist and composer…Paul has delivered another category-defying beauty with her latest album…a lush and dreamy take on modern chamber music.”
-Chris Barton, LA Times
” It took a while to get used to this music as it is unlike anything I’ve heard in a long while. I must admit that I am both enchanted and mystified by this disc and figure that it will take several listens to comprehend what it is that makes so magical and indescribable.” – Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
“Navigating between jazz, experimental and contemporary music with confidence and authority”
-Peter Margasak, eMusic
Photo Credit: David Haskell”