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David "Doc" Wallace
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The New York Times compares David “Doc” Wallace’s solo improvisations to “Jimmy Page fronting Led Zeppelin.” Whether playing electric violin at heavy metal shows, Texas-style fiddling with The Doc Wallace Trio, or contemporary classical compositions with Hat Trick (his flute-viola-harp trio), Wallace is at home in front of an audience. Around the globe, musicians have widely adopted his ground-breaking approaches to audience engagement and interactive performance.
Wallace’s broadcast credits include NPR, PBS, KTV (Korea), Tokyo MX, WQXR, CBS, and ABC. He has recorded for Bridge Records, BIS, Innova, Tzadik, Resonance Records, and Mulatta Records. An award-winning composer, Wallace has been commissioned to create original compositions and arrangements for the New York Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall, Suntory Hall, the Marian Anderson String Quartet, and violinist Rachel Barton Pine.
As a teaching artist, Wallace has worked for dozens of arts organizations, including Carnegie Hall, Young Audiences, Lincoln Center Education, and big five orchestras. His Berklee Press book, Engaging the Concert Audience: A Musician’s Guide to Interactive Performance, has been deemed “a must-read for all musicians, classical or otherwise” by Symphony magazine.
A Hermitage Fellow and Chair of Berklee College of Music’s String Department since 2014, Wallace previously enjoyed a 14-year tenure as a Juilliard professor and 17 years as a New York Philharmonic Teaching Artist.
- 14 years as a professor at the Juilliard School
- 17 years as a teaching artist with the New York Philharmonic
- Founding member of numerous ensembles, including The Doc Wallace Trio, Hat Trick, The Chuck and David Show, Yale Strom's Broken Consort, and the Teaching Artist Ensemble of the New York Philharmonic
- Educator who has worked for numerous arts institutions, including the Juilliard School, the New York Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Chamber Society of Lincoln Center
- Award-winning composer with commissions from the New York Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall, the Juilliard School, Rachel Barton Pine, and the Marian Anderson String Quartet
- Author of Engaging the Concert Audience: A Musician's Guide to Interactive Performance (Berklee Press)
- National Board Member, American String Teachers Association (ASTA) 2015-2017
- International tours and television and radio broadcasts
- Performances with Stevie Wonder, Pierre Boulez, Mark O'Connor, Alisa Weilerstein, Rachel Barton Pine
- Studies with Karen Tuttle, Karen Ritscher, Felix Galimir, Johnny Gimble, Leroy Jenkins
•2018 Grammy nomination and Grammy nod for "Hat Trick: Garden of Joys and Sorrows" (David Frost, Producer of the Year, Classical)
•Hermitage Fellow
•The McGraw-Hill Companies Robert Sherman Award for Music Education and Community Outreach
•The Robert F. Ryan and Qin C. Ryan Foundation Award in Composition
•American String Teachers Association (ASTA) Citation for Leadership and Merit
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School NameThe Juilliard SchoolState or ProvinceNew YorkDegreeDoctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.)Field of StudyPerformanceDate Degree Received
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School NameMannes College of MusicDegreeMaster of Music (M.M.)Field of StudyPerformanceDate Degree Received
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School NameUniversity of HoustonState or ProvinceTexasDegreeBachelor of Music (B.M.)Field of StudyPerformanceDate Degree Received