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- Luke Gullickson
Pianist and composer Luke Gullickson is part of a new breed of new-music figures who make the boundaries between once-disparate stylistic approaches as porous as they want. Not only does he ignore the traditional wall between serious composer and performer, his wide-open ears allow all sorts of unique approaches to mingle with his fluid writing. Although he’s now based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Gullickson has spent plenty of time in Chicago. He studied at nearby Illinois Wesleyan University, and he remains a member of the Grant Wallace Band—a trio of composers that includes another former Chicagoan, mandolinist Ben Hjertmann, as well as violist Chris Fisher-Lochhead—which melds bluegrass, pop, and experimentation in artful, unexpected ways.
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