{{Infobox musical artist | name = Ming Luke | image = Conductor Ming Luke.jpg | occupation = Conductor | website = {{URL|mingluke.com}} }} '''Ming Luke''' is an American conductor who serves as the music director and principal conductor for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ming Luke |url=https://www.rwb.org/about/leadership/ming-luke/ |access-date=2026-04-11 |website=Royal Winnipeg Ballet |language=en-US}}</ref>, Nashville Ballet,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nashville Ballet Administration |url=https://www.nashvilleballet.com/administration |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113194926/https://www.nashvilleballet.com/artistic-vision |archive-date=2022-11-13 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=Nashville Ballet |language=en-US}}</ref> Principal Guest Conductor for the San Francisco Ballet,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ming Luke |url=https://nac-cna.ca/en/bio/ming-luke}}</ref> Las Cruces Symphony,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet The Symphony |url=https://lascrucessymphony.com/meet-the-symphony/ |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=Las Cruces Symphony |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201033001/https://lascrucessymphony.com/meet-the-symphony/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Merced Symphony,<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.mercedsymphony.org/about-us |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=Merced Symphony |language=en |archive-date=2024-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213104644/https://www.mercedsymphony.org/about-us |url-status=live }}</ref> and Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ming Luke, Music Director |url=https://bcco.org/ming-luke/ |website=Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra |access-date=2024-03-24 |archive-date=2023-10-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001084316/https://bcco.org/ming-luke/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Luke has conducted with a variety of orchestras, ballets, and operas.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ming Luke: Have Baton, Will Travel |url=https://www.sfcv.org/articles/music-news/ming-luke-have-baton-will-travel |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=www.sfcv.org |language=en |archive-date=2023-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222185709/https://www.sfcv.org/articles/music-news/ming-luke-have-baton-will-travel |url-status=live }}</ref> He has published several papers in music education,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mentorship in Music Education |url=https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1871&context=vrme}}</ref> and has written and performed education concerts, including over 150 at the Berkeley Symphony, where he serves as Director and Conductor of Education Programs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Artistic Staff |url=https://www.berkeleysymphony.org/artistic-staff/ |website=Berkeley Symphony |publisher= |access-date=2024-03-24 |archive-date=2024-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119230846/https://www.berkeleysymphony.org/artistic-staff/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Luke |first=Ming |date=2022-10-28 |title=Mentorship in Music Education: Youth Chorale as an Incubator for Young Conductors |url=https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/vrme/vol40/iss1/6 |journal=Visions of Research in Music Education |volume=40 |issue=1 |issn= |access-date=2024-03-24 |archive-date=2024-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118134950/https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/vrme/vol40/iss1/6/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He has collaborated with the TED-Ed for a variety of music education videos.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What's the Point(e) of Ballet |url=https://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-s-the-point-e-of-ballet-ming-luke}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stoeckert |first=Anthony |date=May 1, 2019 |title=Let the music play |url=https://www.rider.edu/ridermagazine/spring-2019/alumni/let-music-play |website=Rider University |access-date=May 28, 2019 |archive-date=May 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528035616/https://www.rider.edu/ridermagazine/spring-2019/alumni/let-music-play |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable (WP:NOTRS).|date=March 2024}}
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