Luke Mayernik

Heralded as “Stylish… elegant… intriguing…” by Choir and Organ magazine and “delicious and imaginative” by Pulitzer prize winner & US Poet Laureate Rita Dove, Luke Mayernik (b. 1981) is an award-winning composer, organist, pianist, harpsichordist, improviser, and collaborative artist. Earning his M.M. in Composition from The San Francisco Conservatory of Music with the highest honors (May, 2017), Luke studied composition with David Garner and David Conte, and organ with Rodney Gehrke, Edgar Highberger, and Ann Labounsky.

Luke has been accorded several first prizes in improvisation and composition respectively, including the 2014 University of Michigan International Improvisation Competition; the 2011-2013 CROPATRIA International Composition Competitions; the 2008 Royal Canadian College of Organists Competition; and the 2004 AGO International Competition in Improvisation. Also in 2004, Luke was awarded the prestigious Associate Certificate by the American Guild of Organists. Recently, Luke won 1st prize in the VOCES8 Composition Competition with his new choral work “The Lamb” for unaccompanied chorus. ‘The Lamb’ will be premiered by VOCES8, and subsequently published by the VOCES8 Series from Edition Peters.

For more info, visit www.lukemmusic.com