At the age of thirteen, Matt Luca began his journey with the organ, otherwise known as the King of Instruments. Within the year, he applied for his first local chapter AGO scholarship with a program that included Franck’s Pastorale, Op. 19, and in the second year auditioned with Bach’s Prelude & Fugue in G, BWV 541, and Hindemith’s Sonata No. 2. At 16, he was accepted into the pre-college division at Juilliard, where he spent two years as a pupil of Dr. Matthew Lewis. In 2018, he was named Holy Cross Organ Scholar, Class of 2022, studying under Dr. Ezequiel Menéndez. During his time at Holy Cross, Matt had the opportunity to work with various performers through the school’s Chapel Artist Series, including organists such as: Arvid Gast, Craig Crammer, Nathan Laube and Olivier Latry. Matt was in charge of music selection for morning Mass at the college, and directed a quartet of singers as well. Matthew recently attended the Jacobs School of Music as the Organ Graduate Assistant while earning a M.M. in Organ Performance and Sacred Music, working with Professor Christopher Young. There he was also the Music Director and Organist at First Presbyterian Church in Martinsville, IN, where he led the choir and was in charge of music selection. This year, Matthew heads to the Eastman School of Music in pursuit of a DMA in Performance and Literature, under the direction of Professor Nathan Laube.