Bio


Luke Schwartz is a composer and guitarist based in New York City who produces works for the screen, the concert hall, and everything in between.  Composition awards include multiple recognitions from ASCAP, in addition to New Music Forum (San Francisco), Queens Council of the Arts (New York), and the Arts Studio Funding Grant (New York). He has been recognized as "Best Guitarist" by Reindeer Records (regional; Portland, ME/Central Florida). Schwartz was recognized by the Grammy Foundation in 2018 for his adventurous music program development in Lincoln Center.  As the founder of the Quiet City Ensemble—a NYC based experimental string/percussion ensemble—his work has explored the cross genre relationship between determinate and improvised music. Schwartz received a bachelor's degree in Jazz Studies/Music Theory and a master's degree in Music Composition (Columbia University/CUNY/University of South FL), and has worked with a number of renowned musicians, including Jeff Berlin, Stephan Crump, Ben Goldberg, Lawrence "Butch" Morris, Jim McNeely, Kenny Wollesen, and Glenn Branca. Bills have been shared with artists as diverse as Leni Stern, Ron Anderson, Nels Cline and Cyro Baptista. 

Schwartz has appeared internationally as a composer and guitarist at The Stone (NYC), The Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC), Merkin Concert Hall (NYC), Bang on a Can Marathon (NYC), NMF 10th Annual Festival of Contemporary Music (Berkeley), Bob Rauschenberg Gallery (Fort Myers), Miami's 12 Nights Electronic Music & Arts Festival (Miami), Miami Dade College's On Stage Series (Miami), Musées de la Ville (Strasbourg, France), Kampnagel (Hamburg, Germany), Volksbuhne (Berlin), Melkweg (Amsterdam), Le Temps Machine (Tours, France), The Kitchen (NYC), Univ. of Mary Washington's 2nd Annual Electro-acoustic Barn Dance (Fredericksburg), All Florida Student Composer's Festival (Tampa),  Emerging Paradigms Conference (Tampa), Sun-coast Music Education Research Symposium (Tampa), Rhymes with Opera's Music Salon (NYC), Vaudeville Park (NYC), ABC No Rio (NYC), The Firehouse Space (NYC), Spectacle Theater (NYC), Subterranean Art House (Berkeley), USF Contemporary Art Museum (Tampa), Salvador Dali Museum (St. Petersburg), New College Performance Series (Sarasota), The Bitter End (NYC), and Mount Vernon Music Space (Baltimore) among numerous other venues . 

Schwartz is currently a member The Glenn Branca Ensemble, in addition to the NYC based groups Quiet City Ensemble, Hive Trio, FYRN Bowed Guitar Ensemble, and Grease Trap. Additionally, Schwartz leads his own trio, presenting his own compositions amongst unique arrangements of selections that run the gamut from traditional American roots music to contemporary sub-genres of jazz, classical and experimental music. 

Schwartz has participated in projects made possible by Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, annual grants from The Amphion Foundation, Inc., The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, and The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; and in part by public funds from New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, New York State Council on the Arts, the New York State Legislature, and National Endowment for the Arts. 



​Press

http://preparedguitar.blogspot.com.es/2015/05/luke-schwartz-13-questions.html

http://megsnewmusicblog.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/quiet-city-presents-nyc-composers/

http://bachtrack.com/review-jack-ny-composers-now-festival

http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/musik/glenn-branca-an-der-volksbuehne-nicht-laut--sondern-deutlich,10809182,28723214.html

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/soundcheck/artist-of-the-day-luke-schwartz/2211131

http://m.letempsmachine.com/agenda/glenn-branca-ensemble

http://itsonlymusicbutlive.com/2014/10/15/glenn-branca-ensemble-schneider-tm-volksbuhne-berlin/

http://queenspress.com/events-in-queens-for-august-28-september-4/

http://www.tampabay.com/features/music/the-various-others/450938

http://www.timeout.com/newyork/classical/maribel-hernandez-tagle-danica-borisavljevic-and-daniel-duke-german-gonzalez-trio

https://leeherald.com/2016/08/11/fsw-welcomes-experimental-musician-luke-schwartz-august-13/

http://www.news-press.com/story/entertainment/2016/07/28/rauschenberg-gallery-glenn-branca-philip-corner-art-music-news-press-runnells-charles/87529352/​

https://fortmyers.org/rauschenberg-gallery-hosts-nyc-experimental-guitarist/

http://www.rauschenberggallery.com/wp-content/uploads/Lee-Herald-FSW-Welcomes-Experimental-Musician-Luke-Schwartz-August-13.pdf

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/music/quiet-city#tab_panel_3



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