Spokane native Luke Bakken plays second bassoon and contra with
the Spokane Symphony and serves on the orchestra players committee. Luke also
performs with Allegro, the Northwest Bach Festival, Connoisseur Concerts, and
can be heard on soundtracks to feature films including The Grudge and Drag
Me to Hell. Luke studied with John Hunt at the Eastman School of Music while double majoring in Computer Science at the University of Rochester.
Luke participated in the Aspen Music Festival for four summers and held the
contrabassoon fellowship for three of those years. He currently works for
tier3.com as a software developer.
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