Brian Luce, DMA
Brian Luce is “an authoritative soloist” praised for his “technical agility” and “lyric power,” and is a professor and Associate Director of the University of Arizona School of Music. His performances as a soloist and collaborations in the Luce-McLaughlin Duo, Arizona Wind Quintet, Luce-Caliendo Duo, Dallas Chamber Orchestra, Dallas Bach Society, Dallas Wind Symphony, Ulsan Symphony Orchestra, and Tucson Chamber Orchestra have been broadcast and appear on numerous recording labels. He has served as principal flutist of orchestras in Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Texas and during the Crested Butte Summer Music Festival. Brian performs and presents master classes worldwide as a Yamaha Performing Artist. He is a prizewinner in many competitions including the National Flute Association, Myrna Brown, and Mid-South young artist competitions. He is published by Editions BIM and IntegrityInk, and his articles on performance and pedagogy have appeared in Flute Talk Magazine and Flute Explorer Magazine. He gives lecture-recitals and workshops on his award-winning dissertation, Light from Behind the Iron Curtain…Edison Denisov’s Quatre Pièces pour flûte et piano and actively promotes music from his Native American heritage. He enjoys time outside performing and teaching as a USSSA, USA, and PGF fastpitch softball coach.
Lessons, Masterclasses, Clinics
Book a lesson, meeting, or campus visit. Dr. Luce is a Yamaha Performing Artist, and his appearances including masterclasses, clinics, and workshops can be easily facilitated for your students, institution, or school district. For more information, visit his web site.
Sample Albums
Live Performances
HUBBELL: Woman of a Race (2025)
MOZART: Concerto, K 314b
HUBBELL: Awakening 1 (2025)
DAMARE: The Wren Polka
Full Biography
Brian Luce is the Professor of Flute at the University of Arizona and a Yamaha Performing Artist. Dr. Luce has performed as principal flute of the Champaign-Urbana, Midland-Odessa, and Johnstown symphony orchestras and has performed with the Dallas Chamber Orchestra, Dallas Bach Society, Dallas Wind Symphony, Abilene Philharmonic, Keystone Wind Ensemble, and the Tucson Chamber Orchestra. As a soloist, he has performed throughout the U.S., Europe, Korea, Japan, and China and has performed concertos with orchestras in the U.S. and the Republic of Korea. He has been featured at music festivals sponsored by the National Flute Association, British Flute Society, Shanghai International Exposition, Soka International Harp Festival, Texas Flute Society, Florida Flute Association, Mid-South Flute Society, Las Vegas Flute Club, Albuquerque Flute Association, Flute Society of St. Louis, Arizona Flute Society, and Tucson Flute Club. His performances have been broadcast throughout the U.S. and his recordings are recommended references by music education associations including the ABRSM.
Acclaimed as “an authoritative soloist,” his Albany Records SACD, Music of the Superpowers: Sputnik, Spies, and the Space Race, has been lauded by The American Record Guide: “This release should be of particular interest for the less known, seldom recorded Denisov and Smirnova, though everything on it is enjoyable from beginning to end. Brian Luce plays with flair and intelligence…” He has also made the premiere recording of Anthony Plog's Concerto for Flute and Wind Ensemble with the University of Arizona Wind Ensemble. His release with Carrol McLaughlin, Allume, includes numerous premiere recordings of original works and transcriptions for flute and harp. He has recorded for the Naxos, Albany, Toccata Classics, and Citadel labels.
He has given recitals and master classes throughout the U.S., Europe, Japan, Korea, and Mexico. Editions BIM and IntegrityInk publish his compositions, arrangements, and realizations. His performance and pedagogy articles have appeared in Flute Talk Magazine, and his dissertation, Light from Behind the Iron Curtain: Style and Structure in Edison Denisov's Quatre Pièces pour flûte et piano, earned the 2001 Morgan Outstanding Dissertation Award from the University of North Texas.
Brian taught at six previous universities in Illinois, Texas, and Pennsylvania and tutored numerous young flutists across the nation. Brian is a prizewinner of the National Flute Association Young Artist Competition, Myrna Brown Young Artist Competition, Mid-South Young Artist Competition, and Kingsville International Young Artist Competition. His principal teachers include Mary Karen Clardy, Kathleen Chastain, Jacob Berg, and David Etienne.
As an Arizona native and avid outdoorsman, Brian enjoys trekking afield the beautiful alpine regions of the state with his family. He coaches youth USA, USSSA, and PGF softball after a decade of coaching Little League softball and baseball as well as service as an executive board member. He is a committee board member for Salpointe Catholic High School.