Luke Flynn

Flynn graduated summa cum laude from Butler University with a masters of music composition, where he studied with Michael Schelle, and was a graduate assistant in music composition, and a teaching assistant in music technologies.^[1] He graduated summa cum laude from Clarke University, with a Bachelor of Arts in music composition, where he studied with Amy Dunker, and was the recipient of the Francis J. O’ Connor Memorial Award, Clarke University's most prestigious award given to a single graduating senior.^[2] Flynn also studied music composition at 鹿児島国際大学, the International University of Kagoshima in Japan, with Japanese composer Tadashi Kubo.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8]}

(Winner, runner-up, or finalist)

• Winds Composition Contest Saxony (2023)^[9]
• American Prize in Composition (2023)^[10]
• Sandra Fivecoat Memorial Emerging Composer Contest (2020)^[11]
• Illinois State University Red Note New Music Festival Composition Competition – Orchestra (2019)^[12]
• Ithaca Choral Composition Contest (2018)^[13]
• Reno Pops Orchestra Composition Contest (2018)^[14]
• MidCities Chamber Singers Choral Composition Competition (2018)^{[citation needed]}
• Eastern Michigan University National Choral Composition Competition (2018)^[15]
• CSUN Orchestra Northridge Composition Prize (2018)^[16]
• Chorus Austin Young Composers Competition (2017)^{[citation needed]}
• Ball State University Festival of New Music Call for Works (2017)^{[citation needed]}
• Sydney Australia Contemporary Orchestra Call for Scores (2015)^{[17][18][19][20]}
• Oklahoma Composers' Orchestra Inaugural Composition Contest (2015)^[21][22]
• South Korean Busan Maru International Composition Contest (orchestra ) 부산마루국제음악제 (2015)^[23]
• Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute (2015)^{[citation needed]}
• Ablaze Records Orchestral Masters composition contest (2015)^[24][25][26]
• Lexington Philharmonic New Music Experiment (2015)^[27][28][29]
• Young New Yorkers' Chorus Composition Competition (2014)^[30]
• 12 Minutes of Fame Across the Universe Call for Scores (2014)^{[citation needed]}
• The Indie Gathering “Best Original Film Score” Award (2014)^[31]
• SCI/ASCAP Student Composition Competition (2013)^{[citation needed]}
• Imagine Music Pathways Composition Contest (2012)^[32]
• American Prize in Composition (2013)^[33]
• San Jose Choral Project Composition Competition (2012)^[34]
• The Foundation for Sacred Music Composers International Composition Contest (2012)^{[citation needed]}
• New York International Composition Contest for Sacred Music (2011)^{[citation needed]}
• American College Theater Festival Best Original Score (2010)^{[citation needed]}