Luke Carlos O’Reilly is an award winning pianist, organist, composer, educator and musical director currently based out of Philadelphia, PA.
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’naan, Wiz Khalifa and many others.
Luke has recorded 9 albums as a leader & co-leader, the most recent being Leave The Gate Open (Imani Records 2024). He was named the Kimmel Center of Philadelphia’s Artist in residency in 2018, and now teaches for the Kimmel Center and runs a High School music mentorship program called Mic’d Up.
Watch an interview with Luke to get an insider look at his brand-new jazz composition for Gregory Dawson’s Sojourner debuting at BalletX Winter Series, Feb 12-16, 2025.
