Dr. David Wallace improvises solos like “Jimmy Page fronting Led Zeppelin” (New York Times). A composer, Texas-style fiddler, and musician fluent in classical, rock, jazz, CCM, and more, Doc Wallace chairs Berklee College of Music’s String Department. Previously, he enjoyed fourteen years as Juilliard professor, and seventeen years as New York Philharmonic Teaching Artist.
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David is an internationally-touring musician; an award-winning composer; and a master teaching artist who has performed, consulted, and authored curricula for dozens of performing arts institutions, including Carnegie Hall, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Tanglewood Music Festival.
David has also gained widespread acclaim for his ability to connect with audiences in diverse settings. His Berklee Press book, Engaging the Concert Audience: A Musician’s Guide to Interactive Performance, is widely considered “an invaluable manual for all musicians, classical or otherwise” (Symphony Magazine). Never content to let music remain in the concert hall, David actively brings his artistry to venues like schools, hospitals, psychiatric facilities, homeless shelters, houses of worship, and prisons.
David performs and records with his Texas-style string band, The Doc Wallace Trio; classical flute-viola-harp trio Hat Trick; klezmer / world-fusion jam band, Yale Strom’s Broken Consort; and symphonic metal tour de force, The Chuck & David Show. Watch videos of David’s electrifying performances on YouTube, and learn more at www.docwallacemusic.com.
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Dr. David “Doc” Wallace’s Series:
- Comfort with Your Bow
- Comfort with Your Instrument
- Peak Performance
- Secrets to Shifting Success
- Shifting Workouts
- Vibrato Fundamentals
- Vibrato Secrets
Lessons By Dr. David “Doc” Wallace
Join Talent Forge and Learn from Dr.Lessons Taught by Dr. David “Doc” Wallace
- Vibrato Clinic for Violinists and Violists
- Engaging the Concert Audience
- Blues 101
- Tone Mastery with Dr. David Wallace – Livestream Workshop
- Memorize It – Lesson 10 – Threading and Blocking
- Memorize It – Lesson 9 – Fluency & Analysis
- Memorize It! – Lesson 8 – Psychological Fear
- Memorize It! – Lesson 7 – Using a Recording
- Memorize It! – Lesson 6 – Writing From the End
- Memorize It! – Lesson 5 – Write the Piece Into Your Memory
- Memorize It! – Lesson 4 – Backward Memorization
- Mental Practice – Quick Practice Tip
- Memorize It! – Lesson 3 – A Floyd Method Demonstration
- Memorize It! – Lesson 2 – The Floyd Method
- Memorize It! – The 4 Systems of Memory
- Left Hand Life Hacks – Lesson 9 – Optimize for Vibrato and Double Stops
- Left Hand Life Hacks – Lesson 8 – The 4th Finger Lengthening Trick
- Left Hand Life Hacks – Lesson 7 – What’s a Good Hand Position?
- Hide Those Shifts! – Quick Practice Tip
- Left Hand Life Hacks – Lesson 6 – Cardboard Fiddle Trick
- Fingertip Vibrato – Quick Practice Tip
- Left Hand Life Hacks – Lesson 5 – The Giving Left Hand
- Feeling Weightless – Quick Practice Tip
- Left Hand Life Hacks – Lesson 4 – The Free and Natural Thumb
- Four Fingers = One Pattern – Quick Practice Tip
- Left Hand Life Hacks – Lesson 3 – To Hold or Not to Hold
- Customize Your Shoulder Rest – Quick Tip
- Left Hand Life Hacks – Lesson 2 – Natural Joints and Finger Action
- Bow Distribution – Quick Practice Tip
- Left Hand Life Hacks – Lesson 1 – Naturalness: The Guiding Principle
- Imagining the Worst – Quick Practice Tip
- Shifting Workouts Lesson 7: Yost Speed Round #2
- Shifting Workouts Lesson 6: Yost Practice Sequence 2 Part 2
- Shifting Workouts Lesson 5: Yost Practice Sequence 2
- Shifting Workouts Lesson 4: Yost Speed Round 1
- Shifting Workouts Lesson 3: Yost Part 2
- Shifting Workouts Lesson 2: Yost Part 1
- Shifting Workouts Lesson 1: Tips for Yost
- Secrets to Shifting Success – Lesson 9 – Tips from Tobias & Tuttle
- Secrets to Shifting Success – Lesson 8 – When to Shift
- Secrets to Shifting Success – Lesson 7 – Troubleshooting
- Secrets to Shifting Success – Lesson 6 – Getting Better Part 2
- Secrets to Shifting Success – Lesson 5 – Getting Better Part 1
- Secrets to Shifting Success – Lesson 4 – Types
- Secrets to Shifting Success – Lesson 3 – Guideposts
- Secrets to Shifting Success – Lesson 2
- Secrets to Shifting Success – Lesson 1
- Peak Performance – Lesson 6 – Thermometer Biofeedback
- Peak Performance – Lesson 5 – Progressive Relaxation
- Peak Performance – Lesson 4 – Conquering Cold Hands
- Peak Performance – Lesson 3 – Constructive Rest
- Peak Performance – Lesson 2 – Stage Presence
- Peak Performance – Introduction
- Comfort with Your Bow – Lesson 8 – Approaching the Tip and Elbow Trick
- Comfort with Your Bow – Lesson 7 – The RePull and Neck Release
- Comfort with Your Bow – Lesson 6 – a Quick Tip about Thumb Posture
- Comfort with Your Bow – Lesson 5 – Balancing with the Fingers
- Comfort with Your Bow – Lesson 4 – Freeing Trapezius and Pectoral Muscles
- Comfort with Your Bow – Lesson 3 – Light Bulb Trick
- Comfort with Your Bow – Lesson 2 – Naturally Setting the Fingers
- Comfort with Your Bow – Lesson 1 – General Principles Fingers
- Scales – Viola – One Octave Whole Tone
- Scales – Viola – One Octave Phrygian
- Scales – Viola – One Octave Dorian
- Scales – Viola – One Octave Major
- Scales – Violin – One Octave Whole Tone
- Comfort with your Instrument – Lesson 3 – The Shoulder Rest
- Scales – Violin – One Octave Phrygian
- Scales – Violin – One Octave Dorian
- Scales – Violin – One Octave Major
- Comfort with your Instrument – Lesson 4 – Customize your Shoulder Rest
- Comfort with your Instrument – Lesson 2 – The Chin Rest
- Comfort with your Instrument – Lesson 1 – Instrument Position
- Vibrato Secrets – Lesson 5 – Continuous Vibrato, Using Melodies, Non-Vibrato Practice
- Vibrato Secrets – Lesson 4 – 4th Finger Vibrato
- Vibrato Fundamentals – Lesson 3 – Arm Vibrato
- Vibrato Fundamentals – Lesson 2 – Ergonomics
- Vibrato Fundamentals – Lesson 1 – Defining Vibrato and Debunking Myths
- Vibrato Secrets – Lesson 3 – Vertical Halo Vibrato
- Vibrato Secrets – Lesson 2 – Reflex Vibrato
- Vibrato Secrets – Lesson 1 – Fingertip Tip
- Zen Bowing Exercises – Lesson 8 – Master Bow Distribution
- Zen Bowing Exercises – Lesson 7 – Josef Gingold’s 5 Minute Bow