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Luke Carlos O\u2019Reilly is an award winning pianist, organist, composer, educator and musical director currently based out of Philadelphia, PA.<\/p>\n

After a Boston upbringing, Luke moved to Philadelphia to attend the Esther Boyer School of Music at Temple University on an academic and music scholarship. It was in Philly where he had the opportunity to tour and record with artists such as Seal, Roy Ayers, Curtis Fuller, Nicholas Payton, Cyndi Lauper, Dave Valentin, Billy Paul, Bobby Watson, Fred Wesley, Steve Turre, Musiq Soulchild, Bilal, Carol Riddick, K\u2019naan, Wiz Khalifa and many others.<\/p>\n

Luke has recorded 9 albums as a leader & co-leader, the most recent being Leave The Gate Open<\/em> (Imani Records 2024). \u00a0He was named the Kimmel Center of Philadelphia\u2019s Artist in residency in 2018, and now teaches for the Kimmel Center and runs a High School music mentorship program called Mic\u2019d Up<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Watch an interview<\/a> with Luke to get an insider look at his brand-new jazz composition for Gregory Dawson’s Sojourner<\/em> debuting at BalletX Winter Series, Feb 12-16, 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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