Luke is a prospective graduate of Lincoln High School and will attend the University of Michigan in the fall to study Mechanical Engineering. He has been a member of South Dakota Symphony youth orchestra ensembles since he was nine years old, and he has served as principal cellist of YO for the past four years. He also serves as principal cellist of the Lincoln High School Symphony Orchestra and plays cello in the SDSO-sanctioned Camerata String Quartet. Luke has trained under Jay Reeve, Karren Stepanov, Robert Erhard and Thomas Fortner, and he hopes to play in a string ensemble while at college.