At 6:00PM Eastern on Thursday, July 13th, the Doc Wallace Trio performs a benefit concert for Hour Children, Inc. at Church of the Incarnation, NYC. Hour Children is a non-profit that provides holistic support to incarcerated (or formerly incarcerated) women, mothers, and their children. The concert will include a livestream link for all ticket holders. […]
Music Camp Withdrawal Syndrome: A Survivor’s Guide
Music camp withdrawal symptoms hit hard once you return to “the real world.” Just listen to this distraught message I received from Chuck Bontrager, heavy metal violinist and concertmaster of Chicago’s Hamilton orchestra, two days after the MWROC festival concluded: “Doc! Doc! You gotta help me, Doc! I think I might be going through some kind of withdrawals. […]
Johnny Gimble: A First-hand Reminiscence
UPDATE: iFiddle Magazine issued a June 2015 Johnny Gimble commemorative edition. They asked me to film a video tribute where I shared a few memories and performed one of his tunes. -What an honor to share “Gardenia Waltz” in tribute to the great Johnny Gimble: The Day the World Stopped Swinging Today during Berklee College […]
Doc Wallace Goes for the Emotional at MWROC 2013
I owe a musical debt to fiery collaborators of the great cellist Pablo Casals: Karen Tuttle, Julius Levine, Felix Galimir, and Alexander Schneider. Whenever these gurus conducted, coached, or taught me, they demanded 110% emotional commitment. Anything less was a crime. Just as they shared Casals’ passionate approach with me, I aim to impart their fervor […]
Look Out, World, Here Comes docwallacemusic.com!!
DocWallaceMusic has a website? I can hardly believe it. . . After years of dreaming, procrastinating, and pouring all my energy into living the life of a musician, composer, and teaching artist based in New York City, I’m finally launching a website! What’s that, Vi? (Vi Wickam‘s my web guru / personal-mentor-in-all-things-internet). This post is […]