Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times interviews Stephen and other Hollywood composers about how they create a special musical language for each film or TV show. ...
08 November, 2022
Variety Magazine
NBCUniversal has joined the 1in4 Coalition’s mission to increase access, employment and authentic representation of disabled people on and off the screen. The partnership furthers NBCUniversal’s commitment to disability representation and marks 1in4’s first partnership with a broadcast media and entertainment company. Stephen is a co-founder of 1IN4 Coalition [button size='small' style=''...
31 October, 2022
Grammy
5 Ways The Music Industry Can Support Recording Artists And Music Professionals With Disabilities In honor of Disability Pride Month, Grammy.com covers tips on how the music industry can support creators and creative professionals who live with disabilities. The article is a guest piece by Recording Artists and...
07 July, 2022
Variety Magazine Intl
Global Orgs Rally for Greater Adoption of Captioning and Audio Descriptions. Stephen Letnes, as a co-founder of 1 in 4 Coalition, is interviewed about the importance of having captioning and audio description available in movie theaters and media in general. [button size='small' style='' text='View Original Article'...
17 November, 2021
Variety Magazine
Disabled Artisans Seek Equality in Behind-the-Camera Jobs Amid talk about Hollywood diversity, one group gets consistently overlooked: people with disabilities, who comprise 19% of the U.S. population (57 million). They’re seeking more representation behind the camera, and the biggest hurdle is convincing Hollywood they can do...
19 July, 2017
Indie Film NYC #017
Stephen Letnes How to work with a composer for your indie film Stephen Letnes Bio from IMDb.com Stephen Letnes' music journey began at the age of four, learning the violin by the Suzuki Method, hearing the notes and playing them...
28 February, 2017
Ability Magazine
Stephen Letnes is a modern-day composer with a classical twist. Dig into his SoundCloud, and you will find a colorful bag of audible candy: instrumentals, orchestral pieces, film scores. At a young age Letnes began his musical journey with the violin, and as it kept...
28 February, 2017
Blind Abilities Podcast
Stephen Letnes is a concert pianist and a Film Composer who just happens to be Sight challenged. With over 80 scores and a Christmas movie coming out November 15th, 2016, the last 4 months have been busy, busy, busy. And Stephen likes it that way....
06 September, 2016
Composer Quest
What is life like as a blind composer? It’s a question I’ve wondered about, but haven’t been able to ask until this interview with Stephen Letnes. In this Season 5 premiere episode of Composer Quest, Stephen shares his adventure into the unlikely field of film...
07 October, 2015