Adam Luebke was appointed Music Director of Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus in 2015. In that time critics have hailed the chorus as “in top shape,” “splendid,” “articulate,” “soaring,” and “virtuosic.” He won the GRAMMY® award for Best Choral Performance in 2020 for his work with the chorus on the recording Richard Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor JoAnn Falletta.
In the 2023-2024 season, Luebke will work with the acclaimed Wynton Marsalis to prepare the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus for performances of his oratorio All Rise. Additionally, Luebke will make his Canadian debut in performances of Mahler’s Symphony no. 2 with the Niagara Symphony and will also prepare it and Beethoven’s Symphony no. 9 for JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. He will conduct performances of Handel’s Messiah, Joby Talbot’s Path of Miracles, Durufle’s Requiem, and Rheinberger’s Mass in e-flat. In 2023 Luebke made his Carnegie Hall debut conducting Vivaldi’s Magnificat, prepared the North American premiere of the Barcelona company, La Fura dels Baus’ production of Carmina Burana, and led a concert tour to England with the choirs of the State University of New York at Fredonia.
Luebke has prepared choruses for conductors JoAnn Falletta, Gil Rose, John Morris Russell, Rossen Milanov, Carl St. Clair, and Bradley Thachuk, He has worked with singers Hila Plitmann, Angela Brown, Nicole Cabell, and Kyle van Schoonhoven; as well as Broadway veteran Liz Calloway. He worked alongside composers Richard Danielpour preparing the East Coast premiere performances and the world premiere recording of his The Passion of Yeshua for Naxos, Fabio Luisi to prepare his St. Bonaventure Mass at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Chen Yi, and Pulitzer-prize winner Paul Moravec.
Recent highlights with the BPC include heralded performances of Moravec’s Sanctuary Road, Mozart’s Requiem, Magic Flute, and Coronation Mass, Chichester Psalms, Verdi’s Requiem, Carmen, Carmina Burana, Brahms’ Requiem and Schicksalslied, Belshazzar’s Feast, Alexander Nevsky, Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem, Porgy and Bess, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. His choirs have appeared on the nationally broadcast radio show Performance Today with Fred Child, and locally on WNED Classical and WNED-TV. He has conducted the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and appeared at David Geffen Hall, Kleinhans Music Hall, the Chautauqua Institution, and the National Cathedral.
Luebke is Assistant Professor of Voice and Choral Conducting at the State University of New York at Fredonia. He received his earliest musical training at the American Boychoir School, and earned degrees from St. Olaf College, Westminster Choir College, and Florida State University. His teachers include Anton Armstrong, Joseph Flummerfelt, Andre Thomas, Andrew Megill, and James Litton.