The compositions of Luke Dahn are heard throughout the United States and abroad, with recent performances given by groups such as the Moscow Conservatory Studio for New Music, the NODUS Ensemble, the NEXTET Ensemble, Composers Inc., the University of Iowa Center for New Music and the violin/piano duo Wolfgang David and David Gompper. Venues have included Rachmaninoff Hall (Moscow), the Estonia Academy of Music (Tallinn), the Frankfurter KuenstlerKlub, Harvard University’s Memorial Church, the Miami ISCM Festival Series and the N.E.O.N. (Nevada Encounters of New Music) Festival at which he was recently awarded the Max Di Julio Prize. His music has been described as being "superbly concise" (Fanfare Magazine) and "terrific...awfully good" (Sequenza21).

His most recent compositions include a set of three songs using texts from the Confessions of Saint Augustine written for soprano Michelle Crouch, a new band work entitled After Darkness, Light written for the Northwestern College Symphonic Band, Buffalo Dance for saxophonist Kenneth Tse, Traces for pianist Ryan Fogg, and Sul Ab for unaccompanied violin commissioned by Piotr Szewczyk for his "Violin Futura" project.

Several of Dahn’s works are available on the Albany record label. Penumbrae for clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano has been recorded by Moscow Conservatory’s Studio for New Music (TROY1095). Downward Courses for solo piano is featured on a disc entitled MAPP: Midwest American Piano Project recorded by pianist Stacey Barelos (TROY1069), and Edges for large ensemble has been recorded by the University of Iowa’s renowned Center for New Music for a disc commemorating the Center’s fortieth anniversary (TROY956).

Dahn earned degrees from the University of Iowa, Western Michigan University, and Houston Baptist University. His primary teachers have included David Gompper, C. Curtis-Smith and Ann K. Gebuhr. He currently teaches music theory and composition at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa where he lives with his lovely wife Yu Jueng and their Italian greyhound, "Flag," who terrorizes the neighborhood.