Ming Luke

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Ming Luke
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OccupationConductor
Website mingluke.com

Ming Luke is an American conductor who serves as the Music Director and Principal Conductor for the Nashville Ballet, [1] Principal Guest Conductor for the San Francisco Ballet [2] , Las Cruces Symphony, [3] Merced Symphony, [4] and Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra. [5]

Luke has conducted with a variety of orchestras, ballets, and operas. [6] He has published several papers in music education, [7] and has written and performed education concerts, including over 150 at the Berkeley Symphony, where he serves as Director and Conductor of Education Programs. [8] [9] He has collaborated with the TED-Ed for a variety of music education videos. [10]

Luke graduated from Westminster Choir College in 2000 with a double major in music education and piano pedagogy and later attended Carnegie Mellon University, where he attained an MFA in conducting. [11] [ better source needed ]

References

  1. "Nashville Ballet Administration". Nashville Ballet. Archived from the original on 2022-11-13. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  2. "Ming Luke".
  3. "Meet The Symphony". Las Cruces Symphony. Archived from the original on 2023-12-01. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  4. "About Us". Merced Symphony. Archived from the original on 2024-02-13. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  5. "Ming Luke, Music Director". Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra. Archived from the original on 2023-10-01. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  6. "Ming Luke: Have Baton, Will Travel". www.sfcv.org. Archived from the original on 2023-12-22. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  7. "Mentorship in Music Education".
  8. "Artistic Staff". Berkeley Symphony. Archived from the original on 2024-01-19. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  9. Luke, Ming (2022-10-28). "Mentorship in Music Education: Youth Chorale as an Incubator for Young Conductors". Visions of Research in Music Education. 40 (1). Archived from the original on 2024-01-18. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  10. "What's the Point(e) of Ballet".
  11. Stoeckert, Anthony (May 1, 2019). "Let the music play". Rider University. Archived from the original on May 28, 2019. Retrieved May 28, 2019.