Lynn Klock is in demand as a soloist and Selmer clinician throughout the United States and abroad. As a featured artist in Great Britain, the British and American Virgin Islands, Canada, and Poland, he has the distinction of being the first saxophonist to be presented on the Warsaw Philharmonic Recital Series in Warsaw, Poland. He has been a guest soloist with several professional orchestras and bands, in addition to his numerous engagements with university and high school bands. As a chamber musician, he has been a guest artist at the Monadnock, Musicorda, North Country, Mohawk Trail, and Marlboro music festivals.

As an advocate for new music on his instrument, Mr Klock has had more than 40 new works dedicated to him, including a work by recent Pulitzer Prize winner Lew Spratlan. He has premiered works by other Pulitzer Prize composers including Gunther Schuller, John Harbison, and Michael Colgrass as part of the World Wide Commissioning Project.

Mr. Klock has recorded three solo CDs with pianist Nadine Shank for Open Loop Recordings. Recent releases include an Albany Records CD of Mr Klock performing the Colgrass Concerto with Gary Green and the University of Miami Wind Ensemble, and a Gasparo Records CD of music for saxophone and tenor voice written for Lynn Klock and tenor Jon Humphrey. Mr Klock can also be heard on the CRI, Mark, and Orion labels.

Mr. Klock is currently Professor of Saxophone at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and is the saxophonist and bass clarinetist with the Springfield Symphony Orchestra. Past saxophone teaching positions include the Interlochen National Music Camp, The Hartt School of Music, University of Toledo, and Olivet College. Since 1992, he has been a clinician for the Bands of America National Concert Band Festival and Summer Camp.

A graduate of the University of Michigan and the Interlochen Arts Academy, he studied with Larry Teal, Donald Sinta, Jack Kripl, and William D Revelli.