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Doug Wallace 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 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’s performing background includes work as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral musician with countless ensembles including The National Symphony Orchestra, The Washington Opera, The Metropolitan Opera, The Alexandria Symphony, The Richmond Symphony, The Harrisburg Symphony, The Rochester Philharmonic, Theater Chamber Players, and The Battery Four Percussion Group.
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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