Artist description Frank Loch  represents an unusual mix of talents. A memberof the George Washington University Virginia Campus Advisory Board, Mr. Loch serves as Vice President of Stanford Telecom's Advanced Communications Systems Division, at the GWU University Center adjacent to the Virginia Campus. His professional career has also included technical and management positions with NASA. As a member of NASA's Apollo team, Mr. Loch sat at mission control when astronaut Neil Armstrong landed on the moon. His education includes degrees in math and science, and he is an alumnus of the Senior Executive Fellows Program at HarvardUniversity's Kennedy School of Government.As for his passion for music, Mr. Loch began formal piano study at the age of 6. In 1976, Mr. Loch won first place in the Yamaha National Electone Festival and represented the United States in the International Festival in Japan later that year. Mr. Loch has been composing music for electronic keyboard for the past 22 years and has produced an extensive library of work including etudes, preludes, meditations, ballads and many other solo works.In 1980, he met Lenna Reid who became his long time partner in teaching and performing. In 1989, Mr. Loch and Ms. Reid established Symphonic Music Systems in Reston Virginia, a music studio dedicated primarily to the instruction of electronic keyboard. Mr. Loch and Ms. Reid have performed throughout the Washington DC metropolitan area and in New York City, and have recorded "Hyroglyphs", an earlier CD of Mr. Loch's original works.  In the "Awakenings" CD, the track "Transformation" has previously been recorded with the Krakow (Poland) Philharmonic Orchestra with Frank Loch and Lenna Reid at the Electronic Keyboards. Mr. Loch and Lenna Reid performed the "WILD FUSION" concert on June 23, 1999 at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington DC. The "WILD FUSION" concert was a "Collaboration of Music, Art and Technology". At the keyboards were Frank Loch and Lenna Reid. Original Art was projected on a theater size screen during the performance. The visual and music performances were arranged in a synergistic combination that heightened the emotional perception and enjoyment of both by the audience. Slides made from original paintings by Sayeh Benham and original Astro Images of Deep Space objects (some of which had been computer "painted" into original Art images by J. Frank Loch) were combined with the music, creating an exciting "Multimedia" experience for the audience!Mr. Loch and Ms. Reid recorded "Remembrance" in Warsaw Poland on September 9th 1999 with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra on the 150 th anniversary of Frederick Chopin's death. Again on September 10th, "Remembrance" was performed in Concert before a Warsaw audience. Mr. Loch and Ms. Reid recorded a new composition composed during the Fall of 1999. The new composition is titled "Breakthrough". Breakthrough was recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra in the famous "Abby Road" studios in London on July 21, 2000.Mr. Loch resides in Reston Virginia with his wife Nora and their three children and four grandchildren.

Music Style Contempoary Classical, Electronic Classical, Romantic Classical

Musical Influences Chopin, Bach, Copland, Philip Glass

Similar Artists Jean-Michel Jarre, Elgar, Berlioz, Mannheim Steamroller

Group Members Frank Loch

Instruments Yamaha HX-1 Electone and Kurzweil K2500X

Albums Awakenings, Awakenings+2, Hyroglyphs, Musical Messier

Location Reston, VA - USA

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