ABOUT WENDY ...
WENDY LOOMIS is an award-winning San Francisco-based composer, pianist, producer, and educator. As a soloist and as part of various duos and ensembles, she has released 16 full-length albums and 10 singles, trilogies, and compilations. Wendy has performed nationally and internationally in the genres of poetic jazz, new age, and world music.
One of Wendy's most recent composition is called What if We? - a piece about sea level rise written in collaboration with ClimateMusic Project. The work features poetry by Royal Kent and was premiered by band COPUS at the World Bank and Forest Trends in Washington, DC.
Ms. Loomis merited the ASCAP Award for Composition four times. She has earned nominations from the Hollywood Independent Music Awards and the Unisong International Song Competition; and wins from Clouzine International Music Awards, Los Angeles Music Awards, W.A.M. Awards, Global Music Awards, and the Independent Music Channel. Wendy's music can be heard on Sirius XM, Comcast, Music Channel, Spotify, iTunes, CDBaby, Youtube, Pandora, and Rhapsody.
Some of the notable venues where Wendy has performed include The Bitter End and Feinstein's 54 Below in Manhattan; the San Francisco Jazz Center, Kimball's East, and Mazza Castle in the Bay Area; the Cutting Edge Festival in New Orleans; and the Peachtree Festival in Atlanta.
Wendy's music has been included in three independent films. Her most recent composition ‘Give Me Strength’ is the theme song for the documentary about MMA, kung fu and Chinese lineage titled ‘Dragon House’.
Other highlights in Wendy's career include a performance of one of her piano works in Havana, Cuba as part of the American Composers Salon; a pre-concert talk and performance of one of her chamber music compositions at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio; and numerous commissioned works performed by the Flock of Flutes ensemble in Northern California.
Together with poet/spoken word artist Royal Kent, Wendy is the co-founder of COPUS Multimedia - an independent music label and production company that has presented original works throughout the U.S. ‘The Assignment’ released in 2025 was a tribute to long-time partner Kent and featured his poetics as read by six Bay Area poets including Poet Laureate Genny Lim.
Wendy is a voting member of the Recording Academy (Grammys) and ASCAP. She earned her master's degree in arts education from Syracuse University and her bachelor's degree in creative arts from Denison University. Wendy also maintains a private studio of music students.