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 2024-2025 season Luebke will conduct the world premiere of Lee Hoiby’s A Whitman Symphony in collaboration with the Hoiby estate and sell-out performances of Handel’s Messiah. He will also prepare performances of Mozart’s Requiem, Moravec’s Sanctuary Road, and Debussy’s Nocturnes for the 90th anniversary concert of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
This past 2023-2024 season, Luebke worked with the acclaimed Wynton Marsalis to prepare the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus for performances of his oratorio All Rise which will be broadcast nationally on PBS. Additionally, Luebke prepared performances of Mahler’s Symphony no. 2 with both the Niagara Symphony and Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Beethoven’s Symphony no. 9 for both the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. He also conducted 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 and prepared the North American premiere of the Barcelona company, La Fura dels Baus’ production of Carmina Burana for ArtPark Opera.
Luebke has prepared choruses for conductors JoAnn Falletta, Gil Rose, John Morris Russell, Rossen Milanov, Carl St. Clair, Malcolm Merriweather 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 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, national PBS, and 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 teaches at Bowling Green State University and was most recently Associate 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.
