About me

Hi! Looking forward to meeting some great people out there! This is my personal professional bio below: Leeav Sofer is a Los Angeles based community driven artist exploring the intersection of music and societal healing, focusing both in homelessness, social and emotional connection as well as Jewish cultural heritage. Sofer is the co-founder and director of The Urban Voices Project, a program that provides music workshops for the homeless and disenfranchised individuals on Skid Row and around Los Angeles County. Clients use arts to navigate their respective journeys off the streets and back into society. These programs have recognition on the front page of the Los Angeles Times, on NPR’s All Things Considered, and NBC’s Today Show and allowed him to share the stage with various celebrities such as Dick Van Dyke, John Legend, and Joan Baez as well as local politicians and even television appearances Recognized as Jewish Journal’s esteemed “”, leads the band Mostly Kosher, dedicated to preserving and progressing cultural folk music of Judaic heritage. In , Mostly Kosher had the honor of being the first Jewish music ensemble at the Disney parks and was met with critical acclaim, including a special on PBS. The ensemble continues each year as both a touring ensemble at performing arts centers as well as it’s regular return to their residency at the Disney Parks. Sofer is on faculty at the Colburn School in Los Angeles where he conducts community engagement programs leading Sofer to become one of Los Angeles County Department of Education’s lead teaching artists and lecturer on how music intersects with social and emotional learning.