Heralded as "stylish... elegant... intriguing..." by Choir and Organ magazine, "delicious and imaginative" by Pulitzer Prize winner and US Poet Laureate Rita Dove, Luke Wenceslas Mayernik is an award-winning composer, organist, pianist, harpsichordist, improviser, collaborative artist, and inventor.  Earning his M.M. in Composition from The San Francisco Conservatory of Music with the highest honors (May, 2017), Luke studied with David Garner, Rodney Gehrke, and David Conte.  As an undergraduate student, Luke studied organ with Edgar Highberger and Ann Labounsky.  

Luke has been accorded several first prizes in improvisation and composition, 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 Associate Certificate by the American Guild of Organists.  

A passionate teacher and mentor, Luke has presented masterclasses and lecture-recitals in interpretation, improvisation, and composition at [inter]national universities and conventions.  With a growing catalog of sacred, secular, and concert works, Luke's original compositions are published with Universal, E.C. Schirmer, Hal Leonard, Oregon Catholic Press, Walton Music, and many others.  

Awarded a full scholarship and a teaching position in composition/music theory, Luke was also a D.M.A. composition student at the University of Texas at Austin, studying with Donald Grantham.  He currently serves as the Director of Music for St. Susanna Parish in Mason, OH, and is the Co-Founder and COO of BLARECAST SYSTEMS, Ltd - a tech-startup company based in the UK.  For more information, visit www.lukemmusic.com.