Remy Le Boeuf
Assistant Professor, Jazz & Commercial Music
What I do
Composer/SaxophonistProfessional Biography
Remy Le Boeuf is a Grammy-winning composer and saxophonist whose music is rooted in the jazz tradition and overlaps into contemporary classical and indie-rock realms. Le Boeuf is also the founder of the jazz orchestra, Assembly of Shadows, and the Chief Conductor of the Nordkraft Big Band. He has worked with a range of collaborators including the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Linda Oh, Dayna Stephens, Haim, Knower, JACK Quartet, and his twin brother Pascal, with whom he co-leads the experimental quintet, Le Boeuf Brothers.
Le Boeuf's list of honors include commissions from Chamber Music America, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, and the Symphonic Jazz Orchestra, as well as a 2026 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition, the BMI Charlie Parker Jazz Prize, and the Copland House Residency Award.
Le Boeuf is the Director of Jazz and Commercial Music Studies at the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music.
Le Boeuf's list of honors include commissions from Chamber Music America, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, and the Symphonic Jazz Orchestra, as well as a 2026 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition, the BMI Charlie Parker Jazz Prize, and the Copland House Residency Award.
Le Boeuf is the Director of Jazz and Commercial Music Studies at the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music.
Degree(s)
- MM, Jazz Saxophone Performance, The Manhattan School of Music, 2009
- BM, Jazz Saxophone Performance, The Manhattan School of Music, 2007
Awards
- Grammy Nomination - Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Capella, Grammy Awards
- Grammy Nomination - Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album , Grammy Awards
- ASCAP Foundation/Symphonic Jazz Orchestra Commissioning Prize, ASCAP/Symphonic Jazz Orchestra
- Rising Star Big Band, 88th Downbeat Magazine Readers Polls
- Finalist - Jazz Category, International Songwriting Competition
