Luke Cissell

{{Short description|Composer, musician, recording artist}}

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| birth_place = Louisville, Kentucky

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| genre = {{hlist|contemporary classical|experimental}}

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Luke Cissell (born in Louisville, Kentucky, USA) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist known for creating works that feature "bright, glowing melodies and ornate structures while incorporating a heady range of styles"{{Cite web |last=Monger |first=Timothy |title=Luke Cissell Biography, Songs, & Albums |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/luke-cissell-mn0002132920/biography |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=AllMusic |language=en}} from classical to bluegrass, jazz, folk, post-rock, and art pop.{{Cite web |date=2018-07-18 |title=Luke Cissell Is Joyfully All Over the Map with 'Thinking/Feeling' |url=https://www.popmatters.com/luke-cissell-thinking-feeling-2587556399.html |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=PopMatters |language=en-US}} Cissell was a champion fiddler and classical violinist in his youth, earned a degree from Princeton University, and has worked as a producer, arranger, and session musician with a broad range, with credits on albums by artists such as singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson and composer Philip Glass.{{Cite web |last=Oteri |first=Frank J. |date=2013-07-02 |title=Sounds Heard: Luke Cissell—Cosmography - New Music USA |url=https://newmusicusa.org/nmbx/sounds-heard-luke-cissell-cosmography/ |access-date=2023-08-06 |website=NewMusicBox |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Polk |first=Jeff |date=2023-06-22 |title=Listen Local: 6 New Local Music Reviews |url=https://www.leoweekly.com/2023/06/listen-local-6-new-local-music-reviews/ |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=LEO Weekly |language=en-US}} Known for performing every part on most of his studio album releases,{{Cite web |date=2023-06-16 |title=News from Around the World: June 2023 New Releases |url=https://www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2023/05/releases.htm |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=Classical Music Daily |language=en}} Cissell has composed and recorded a number of works that prominently feature strings.{{Cite web |last=Pinto |first=Mark |date=2017-12-28 |title=WRTI 90.1 Announces: The Top 10 New Classical Releases of 2017 |url=https://www.wrti.org/arts-desk/2017-12-28/wrti-90-1-announces-the-top-10-new-classical-releases-of-2017 |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=WRTI |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Ingalls |first=Chris |date=2019-06-21 |title=Composer Luke Cissell Makes an Arresting Musical Statement with 'String Sextets Nos 1 & 2' |url=https://www.popmatters.com/luke-cissell-string-sextets-2638934050.html |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=PopMatters |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2019-03-24 |title=She Calls to Me; Luke Cissell, composer; Robert Simonds, violin |url=https://icareifyoulisten.tv/she-calls-to-me-luke-cissell-composer-robert-simonds-violin/ |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=ICareIfYouListen.TV - Powered by American Composers Forum |language=en-US}}