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Dorian Wallace
Born (1985-11-17) 17 November 1985 (age 39)
Canton, Ohio
GenresClassical music, Jazz music, Contemporary Classical Music, Improvised Music, Ambient, Electronic, Avant-garde, Neo-romantic, Expressionist
Occupation(s)Composer, Pianist, Music Therapist, Political Activist
Instrumentpiano
Years active2007 –
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Dorian Wallace is an American composer, pianist, board-certified music therapist, and educator based in New York City.

Biography

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Wallace earned a BA in Music Therapy from Montclair State University. He interned at the Mount Sinai Beth Israel Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine and the MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care. Atlantis Institute for Consciousness and Music provided Dorian with Level 1 training in Guided Imagery and Music. He leads music therapy and mindfulness meditation groups through American Humanist Association and About Face and his private practice, Mederi Music.[1][2]

Wallace is alongside violinist Hajnal Pivnick, is a co-founder of Tenth Intervention, a progressive new music collective that uses contemporary music to explore the intersection of social justice and community engagement.[3][4] The collective's projects have included For Our Courageous Workers, a tribute to frontline workers during the COVID-19 pandemic; Songs for the Resistance, celebrating labor and justice movements; Colectivo: Music from Cuba and New York, fostering collaboration between Cuban and NYC composers; the Silent House Series, featuring live scores for silent films; and performances of 20th-century classics like Pierrot Lunaire, Eight Songs for a Mad King, and Perfect Lives, alongside new commissions by 21st-century composers.[5][6] He spearheaded the New Music Organizing Caucus, a labor advocacy collective tackling systemic disparities in contemporary classical music.[7][8][9][10]

Wallace has dedicated much of his work as a music therapist to helping people in challenging situations. He has worked with incarcerated individuals at Rikers Island,[11] as well as with survivors of coercive groups through the Lalich Center for Cults and Coercion.[12]

One of New York City's most in-demand dance accompanists, Wallace has played for Martha Graham Dance Company,[13] Doug Varone and Dancers, Juilliard School,[7] New York University,[7] Columbia University,[14] and many others. He also teaches Music for Dancers at the Martha Graham School and teaches the Mark Morris Dance Accompaniment Training Program.[15]

Wallace has composed and collaborated with artists including Robert Ashley, John King, Dave Liebman, Frank London, Matt Marks, John Sanborn, Son Lux, Aleksandra Vrebalov, Pamela Z, Bonita Oliver, Paul Pinto, Charlotte Mundy, and Nicholas Finch.[15] Dorian Wallace, together with David Kulma, forms the duo Trystero.[16][17]

He is the founder of the New Music Organizing Caucus.[18]

Awards

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  • Scare-A-Con Film Festival Award for Best Music for film Last look[19]

Albums

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  • Cancelvania: Plunderphonics Halloween (2021)
  • Claus-trophobic: Plunderphonics Christmas (2020)
  • Manusa for solo cello and string orchestra (2019)
  • When Five Eyes are watching (2018)
  • The Temptation of St. Anthony (2016)
  • We Are Legion (2016)
  • Piano Trio No. 1 (2007)

References

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  1. ^ "Self-Care for Your Brain: Building Resilience with Music and Meditation". thehumanist.com. 23 March 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
  2. ^ "The Radical Music Therapist". idha-nyc.org. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
  3. ^ "5 Questions to Hajnal Pivnick and Dorian Wallace (Tenth Intervention)". icareifyoulisten.com. 17 January 2018. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
  4. ^ "Classical Music Listings for May 6-12". nytimes.com. New York Times.
  5. ^ "Tenth Intervention Presents WE ARE LEGION Tonight". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
  6. ^ "Tenth Intervention to Present SUBVERSION: MUSIC ABOUT CONFLICTS, POLITICS AND WAR, 11/3". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
  7. ^ a b c "Movers & Shapers: Dorian Wallace". themovingarchitects.org. 7 June 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
  8. ^ "Dance in NYC This Week". nytimes.com. New York Times. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
  9. ^ "This week: live streamed concerts (September 7, 2020 – September 13, 2020)". icareifyoulisten.com. Retrieved February 15, 2025.
  10. ^ "New York City musicians to play across city at same time for 'symphonic fanfare'". independent.co.uk. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
  11. ^ "Liberation Music Therapy in the Jail and Prison System". columbia.edu. Retrieved February 15, 2025.
  12. ^ "Rebuilding Your Relationship with Music". lalichcenter.org. Retrieved February 15, 2025.
  13. ^ "Staf and faculty". marthagraham.edu. Retrieved February 15, 2025.
  14. ^ "Dorian Wallace - Comparing Domains of Improvisation". scienceandsociety.columbia.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
  15. ^ a b "Secular Sounds – Music Therapy Grief Beyond Belief and Support Group". americanhumanistcenterforeducation.org. Retrieved February 15, 2025.
  16. ^ "Breaking Music Theory Out of the Box, with David Kulma". musical-u.com. Retrieved February 15, 2025.
  17. ^ "David Kulma". music.osu.edu. Retrieved February 15, 2025.
  18. ^ "Looking Out For Each Other with The Real Music Wages Database". newmusicusa.org. Retrieved February 15, 2025.
  19. ^ "Best music". imdb.com. Retrieved February 16, 2025.
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