Luke Rackers, pianist, composer, and teacher, and Tonya Rackers, trumpet player and teacher, are a husband and wife, musical team!  Whether performing or teaching together or separately, music is a defining characteristic in both of their lives.  Luke and Tonya are dedicated to filling their lives and others lives with music because of music's powerful ability to enhance life, love, and happiness.  Their musical services are available either individually or together.
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Luke is completing a Bachelor of Arts degree at Goddard College in Music Composition and Jazz Studies and plans to begin graduate school in the Fall of 2009.  Before attending Goddard, Luke attended the University of Denver's Lamont School of Music, studying jazz piano with Eric Gunnison and jazz composition and arranging with Dave Hanson.  He is a very busy freelance pianist in the Denver and Northern Colorado regions.  He enjoys teaching, composing and arranging.  Tonya holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music degree from the University of Northern Colorado with an emphasis in trumpet performance.  She also enjoys teaching and performing.  Both Luke and Tonya are dedicated to the continual improvment of their musicianship, education, and teaching philosophies. 
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Luke is available for solo jazz piano performance, group jazz performance, classical piano performance, teaching, recording, composition, arranging, orchestration, and more.  Tonya is available for trumpet performance, recording, teaching, and more.  Tonya and Luke are available as a piano/trumpet duo for a variety of different settings as well, but specialize in weddings, school performances, church performances, and similar events.

Memberships:

The American Federation of Musicians/Denver Musicians Association

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers

MENC: The National Association for Music Education

The Music Teachers National Association

The International Trumpet Guild

Former International Association of Jazz Education