Award-winning media composer, recording engineer, and jazz pianist from New York, USA.

Luke Celenza

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Award-winning media composer, recording engineer, and jazz pianist from New York, USA.

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Award-winning media composer, recording engineer, and jazz pianist from New York, USA.

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Work Experience

Composer’s Assistant at Joaquin Garcia
August 1, 2022 - Present
Music conforming and editing, live musician recording, editing, and mixing. Stemming approved cues for mix, creating scores and PT sessions for live recording, and additional composition contributions. Projects include Official Wimbledon Film 2024, Child Of Dust, Born To Fly, The Real Crown: Inside the House of Windsor, Daughter of Ghengis, Meningen med Livet - The Meaning of Life (Season 2), Fighting Demons With Dragons, London Bridge: Facing Terror, Golden Swan (TBA).
Composer/Producer/Engineer at "Jacktus Green: The Fluffy, The Spiky, and The Spicy"
December 31, 2022 - July 10, 2025
Composed music, FX, dialogue, and cutscenes alongside two classmates from Berklee, in collaboration with the ESAT Animation School in Valencia, Spain for a game available on Steam. There is also a published VST available.
Music Editor, Recording Engineer, Copyist at Lisa Tannebaum
December 31, 2025 - July 10, 2025
Worked with classical harpist Lisa Tannebaum as an assistant, including capturing and editing almost daily recordings, and the notation of her harp repertoire and arrangements in Sibelius. The Granados arrangements published by Lyon & Healy and will be available as a two part solo harp album beginning late 2024, engineered by Luke Celenza.
Composer/Conductor at Self-employed
June 30, 2022 - July 10, 2025
Composed original cue, conducted and recorded with a 63-piece orchestra at London’s Air Studios. Added additional sample-based instruments, and synced with LOTR scene. Used Izotope to remove original score and clean up audio to prepare for rescore.
Composer/Producer/Bandleader/Engineer at @radicalmedia
December 31, 2023 - July 10, 2025
Composed and produced original music for 20th anniversary Design awards video for Cooper Hewitt Museum, NY. Composed ~20 sound-alike compositions for a unique multimedia exhibit displayed at the Museum of the City of New York, available until end of 2025. Styles ranged from 70s+80s funk, Rhapsody in Blue, to Jazz Bebop from the 50s. Organized recordings with session musicians.

Education

M.M. at Berklee College of Music, Valencia, Spain
January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2022
B.M. at Juilliard, New York, NY
January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2014

Qualifications

3x New York EMMY® Award Winner
January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2015
National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts (NFAA) - Silver Award
January 11, 2030 - July 10, 2025
Presidential Scholar in the Arts
January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010
2x GRAMMY® Band and Jazz Ensemble Member
January 11, 2030 - July 10, 2025
5x Downbeat Student Music Award Winner
January 11, 2030 - July 10, 2025
3x Charles Mingus Festival Award Winner
January 11, 2030 - July 10, 2025

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Gaming, Professional Services, Education, Other