LUKE MAYERNIK (b. 1981) - husband; father; organist; inventor; page turner; avid canner of pickles, peppers, sausage and sauerkraut; lover of dogs, cats, and Kassidy Grace; tattoo addict; poker player; life-long student with dreams of becoming a composer.

 

International prizes in improvisation and composition - NCOI (2004); Awarded the AGO Associate certificate (2004); RCCO (2008); CROPATRIA (2012-2013); University of Michigan International Organ Improvisation Competition (2014); Choral Composer Competition - Preveza, Greece (2022).

 

Luke has recently won the 2023 VOCES8 Composition Competition.

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Education

B.M. (organ performance) – Seton Hill University

M.M. (composition) – The San Francisco Conservatory of Music

D.Mus. (in sacred music by composition) – Pestalozzi University

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Dr. Luke studied with Mrs. Dudas, Beryl Flemming, Neil Stahurski, Ann Labounsky, John Walker, Edgar Baird Highberger, David Conte, David Garner, Rodney Gehrke, Donald Grantham, and Stewart Thompson. 

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Dr. Luke's music is published with Voces8 Publishing, Universal Music, E.C. Schirmer, OCP, Hal Leonard, and many others.