David "Doc" Wallace

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.