Ming Luke | |
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Occupation | Conductor |
Website | mingluke |
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 ]