Who is Doug Wallace?
Doug Wallace, owner of Doug Wallace Percussion, LLC, lives in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, and performs regularly as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral percussionist. As a soloist and chamber musician, he has worked with many ensembles including Theater Chamber Players, Eclipse Chamber Orchestra, Contemporary Music Forum, The Battery Four Percussion Group, Washington Symphonic Brass and Percussion, The Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, The Oblivion Ensemble, and The Amadeus Orchestra. Mr. Wallace's orchestral background includes performances in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia with The National Symphony Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Washington National Opera, The Harrisburg Symphony, The Delaware Symphony, The Richmond Symphony, The Rochester Philharmonic, The Alexandria Symphony, and The International Symphony Orchestra.
As a music educator and clinician, Mr. Wallace is in high demand, teaching both privately and in the classroom. He currently runs the percussion programs at James Madison High School, Thoreau Middle School, and Kilmer Middle School in Vienna, Virginia, McLean High School, Langley High School, and Longfellow Middle School in McLean, Virginia and the American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras® in Fairfax County, Virginia. Mr. Wallace's private students have been accepted to many music conservatories and colleges including The Juilliard School, The Curtis Institute of Music, The Cleveland Institute of Music, The New England Conservatory, The Peabody Conservatory, The Eastman School of Music, The Oberlin Conservatory, The University of Miami, and DePaul University. His teaching techniques are highlighted in his method book, Percussion With Class, released in 2005 by the FJH Music Publishing Company, and his compositions and arrangements have been performed at The Juilliard School, The Eastman School of Music, New York University, George Mason University, the Music Academy of the West, the Aspen Music Festival, Temple University, and at The Bands of America (Music for All) National Percussion Festival.
Mr. Wallace has a Bachelor's Degree and Performer's Certificate from The Eastman School of Music where he studied with John Beck, and a Master's Degree from The Juilliard School where he studied with Greg Zuber. While pursuing his music degrees, Mr. Wallace participated in many honors ensembles and festival orchestras including the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, the National Repertory Orchestra, the National Orchestral Institute, and the Music Academy of the West.
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Audio and Video Samples:
Mr. Wallace's Students' Work:
Samba da Janta by Doug Wallace
(live performance by the American Youth Percussion Ensemble - video)
7511 for Marimba Duet by Michael Roberts
(performed by former students Michael and Eric Roberts)
#12 from Douze Études by Jacques Delécluse (excerpt)
(performed by Kennan Murphy-Sierra)
XXIV from The Solo Timpanist by Vic Firth (excerpt)
(performed by Kennan Murphy-Sierra)
Doug Wallace's Work:
Kerberos for Solo Snare Drum by Sydney Hodkinson
(live performance by Doug Wallace)
G-Spot Tornado by Frank Zapppa / arr. Doug Wallace
(performed by the Battery Four Percussion Group - Ted Atkatz, Bretton Hunter, Matthew Strauss, and Doug Wallace)
Assez vif et bien rythmé from Debussy's String Quartet in G Minor
arr. Matthew Strauss and Doug Wallace
(performed by the Battery Four Percussion Group - Paul Fadoul, Matthew Strauss, Doug Wallace, and Cynthia Yeh)
Concerto for Timpani and Wind Ensemble by Ney Rosauro
(live performance by Doug Wallace and the McLean High School Symphonic Band)
Affiliations:
Vic Firth, Inc. (Artist/Educator)
American Federation of Musicians
Other:
Mr. Wallace's performance at Alan Abel's 1998 Tribute Party is mentioned in this Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame Article