Bio/Education

Early exposure to jazz through educational programs (b.1979 SF, CA) allowed Luke to participate in the Monterey Jazz Festival, and the Grammy in the Schools programs as part of the San Francisco Jazz Festival. In pursuit of his musical vision, he has also studied privately on guitar, piano, and voice with respected teachers from a wide range of traditions:

William A. Mathieu (composer, author), Dušan Bogdanovic (composer, author), Kevin R. Gallagher (Naxos recording artist), John Stowell, Bruce Forman, Jackie King (Willie Nelson), Randy Vincent (author, guitarist) Mel Martin, Raz Kennedy (Bobby McFerrin), Rita Sahai (Hindustani Classical Vcls.).

Performance Experience

As well as studying classical guitar and composition Luke is also a first call Jazz guitar player in the thriving San Francisco Bay Area music scene. He has played at The SF Jazz Center (Miner), Bach Dancing and Dynamite, La Peña Cultural Center, Black Cat Supper Club, Mr. Tipples, Cafe Du Nord, Jupiter, and many other venues.

Alongside performing in Bay Area bars and clubs Luke has also provided music for well known clients at prestigious event venues— here are a few notable past clients: Carnegie Mellon University, Waymo, The SF Olympic Club, Bohemian Club, SFCDMA, DeLoitte, UCSF/Marc Benioff, General Electric, Netflix, 

Additional Experience

In late 2009 Luke moved out to Brooklyn, NY. Back east he balanced his ambitions of live performance with other professional duties in the field of music working as a professional sheet music transcriptionist and also as a commercial music composer scoring a series of videos for the Wall Street Journal, AmFar Foundation, and the NFL. 

Back in SF (as of 2015) Luke currently pursues both performance and composition, see upcoming shows for future dates.