Wendy Loomis

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Wendy Loomis
Loomis in 2015.jpg
Other namesCOPUS
Occupations
  • composer
  • musician
  • performer
Years active1995–present
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • piano
  • keyboards
Labels
  • Copus Multimedia
Website wendyloomis.com

Wendy Loomis is an American composer, musician, and spoken word performer. She has been nominated for two Hollywood Music in Media Awards and won an Indie Music Channel Award, among others. [1] [2] [3] She composed and performed, What if We?, a piece about sea level rise, in conjunction with scientists from TheClimateMusic Project, for the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia as well as throughout the US. [4] [5] [6] In addition to her solo music career, she is a founding member of COPUS and Inner Sky and former member of Phoenix Rising.

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Early life and education

Wendy Lee Loomis attended Taconic High School. She attended Denison University where she performed dance and piano recitals, sang in the school's concert choir, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Creative Arts. She earned her master's degree in Arts Education from Syracuse University. [7] [8] [9]

Career

Solo career

Loomis has released three studio albums, Strange Conjunction (1995), Piano & Friends (2000), and High Tech, High Touch (2018), and the single Always (2019), which received favorable reviews. [10] [11] [12] She has performed at The Bitter End, 54 Below, SFJAZZ Center, Los Angeles, and throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. [7] [13] [14] She has been nominated for two Hollywood Music in Media Awards; the first in 2017 for Liberte Egalite for Best Message Song/Social Impact Song and the second in 2019 for Always for Best Christian/Gospel Song. In 2025, she was nominated for an Indie Music Channel Award for Best Pop Songwriter for Give Me Strength. Loomis composed music for film shorts, Virgin of the Candles (2009), Tragic (2019), and Léa (2017).

In 2010, Loomis wrote, Anything I Perceive: A Tribute to the Sixteen Women Senators, which was in included in Feminists Collections at the University of Wisconsin and was a featured performer at the "Ohio Connection" of female composers at Capital University. [15] [16]

In 2018, she became involved in TheClimateMusic Project, a San Francisco-based group of musicians and scientists working to sonically showcase the impact of carbon emissions and inspire audiences to take action on climate change. [6] In 2019, she performed What if We?, composed by Loomis and in collaboration with Royal Kent and in conjunction with scientists from TheClimateMusic Project, at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. as well as performing for the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia in 2022. [4] [17] In 2025, she performed the piece at the 23rd Annual International Ocean Film Foundation. [18]

Copus

In 1999, Loomis co-founded COPUS (acronym for Creation Of Peace Under Stars) with poet Royal Kent (Kent Edwards.) [19] [20] They have released six studio albums; Later Than You Think (1999), Jah Provide (2011), Aspects (2015), [21] The Dilemma (2022), and Methuselah (2023). In 2025, Loomis released, The Assignment: A Tribute to Poet Royal Kent, to honor Kent's passing in 2024. [20] [22] COPUS has performed at clubs, theaters, and festivals in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Nashville, and Atlanta, among other US cities. [23] They won two Indie Music Channel Awards; the first in 2024 for Best Emerging Band of the Year and the second in 2025 for Light for Best Soundtrack Video Under $5,000 [24]

Discography

Solo

Source: [10] [11]

COPUS

Source: [25] [26]

Phoenix Rising

Source: [27]

Inner Sky

Source: [28]

Awards

YearNominated workCategoryAwardResult
2025LightBest Soundtrack Video Under $5,000 [29] Indie Music Channel AwardWon
2025Give Me StrengthBest Pop Songwriter [3] Indie Music Channel AwardNominated
2025MeBest Music Video [30] Clouzine International Music AwardWon
2024COPUSBest Emerging Band of the Year [31] Indie Music Channel AwardWon
2019AlwaysBest Christian/Gospel [1] Hollywood Music in Media Award Nominated
2017Liberte EgaliteBest Message Song/Social Impact [2] Hollywood Music in Media Award Nominated

References

  1. 1 2 "2019 Music Genre Nominees". HMMA. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "HMMAWARDS, and the winners are…". Pump It Up Magazine. November 17, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Pop Nominees". Indie Music Channel. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Group Creates Music on Climate Data" by Knvul Sheikh". New York Times. November 11, 2019. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Group Creates Music on Climate Data by Knvul Sheikh" NY Times, Page B3, November 11, 2019
  6. 1 2 ""What does climate change sound like? San Francisco group puts crisis to music" by Jessica Wolfrom". SF Examiner. November 8, 2021. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  7. 1 2 "Indie Collaborative 2017". Indie Collaborative. February 10, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Students offer piano numbers" The Newark Advocate, Page 3, April 24, 1974
  9. ↑ "Two students receive bachelor's degrees" The Berkshire Eagle, Page 18, June 16, 1976
  10. 1 2 "Strange Conjunction - Wendy Loomis". Ebay. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  11. 1 2 "Wendy Loomis". Apple Music. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  12. ↑ "Instrumental Ambient/Electronica Review: Wendy Loomis-High Tech High Touch". New Age Music Review. October 19, 2018. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Walnut Creek/Lamorinda Arts Notes: Jazz band/Flock of Flutes double bill; Isadora Duncan dance program; Smuin Ballet's 'Spring Program'". Mercury News. May 23, 2013. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Will festival start new verse in jazz/poetry?". East Bay Times. August 15, 2016. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  15. ↑ "Feminist Collections page 48" (PDF). Wisconsin EDU. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  16. ↑ "This Week in the Arts". Dispatch. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  17. ↑ "Winter Enrichment Program (WEP) at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia on January 9th". Climate Music. January 9, 2022. Retrieved October 9, 2025.
  18. ↑ "2025 IOFF". Indie Film Fest. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  19. ↑ "Interview with COPUS – Truth by Josh Smotherman". Poetry News. September 7, 2020. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  20. 1 2 "Royal Kent Edwards 1950 - 2024". SF Gate. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  21. ↑ "COPUS ALBUM RELEASE WITH ROYAL KENT & WENDY LOOMIS". The Beat Museum. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  22. ↑ "COPUS - The Assignment (album review) by L. Sojini". Music Review World. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  23. ↑ "Poetry News". Poetry News. August 24, 2009. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  24. ↑ "List of Winners". Indie Music Channel. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  25. ↑ "COPUS Discography". Apple Music. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  26. ↑ "COPUS Jah Provide". Bandcamp. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  27. ↑ "Wendy Loomis credits". AllMusic. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  28. ↑ "Inner Sky - A Spark". Pitch Perfect Site. December 19, 2024. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  29. ↑ "Soundtrack Winners". Indie Music Channel. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  30. ↑ "2025 Winners". Clouzine. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  31. ↑ "List of Winners". Indie Music Channel. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
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