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Dorian Wallace is an American composer, improviser, pianist, music therapist, and political activist based in New York City. His work is inspired by socio-political issues and existential concepts, often incorporating improvisation [1][2].
Career[edit]
Wallace is a co-founding member of the contemporary classical collective Tenth Intervention and initiator of New Music Organizing Caucus, a grassroots collective of music workers focused on labor practices within the contemporary classical music industry. [3][4][5]. During the COVID-19 pandemic, along with Frank London and Hajnal Pivnick, Wallace composed a city-wide composition "For Our Courageous Workers" [6][7][8]. He accompanies modern dance class and teaches music Martha Graham Dance Company [9], and mindfulness meditation and music therapy at the American Humanist Association [10][11].
References[edit]
- ^ http://www.dorianwallace.com/bio.html%7Caccess-date=2021-02-25
- ^ https://progressive.org/latest/performing-artists-organizing-in-pandemic-levin-200923/
- ^ https://www.newmusicorganizingcaucus.org%7Caccess-date=2021-02-25
- ^ https://progressive.org/latest/performing-artists-organizing-in-pandemic-levin-200923/
- ^ http://www.tenthintervention.com/team.html%7Caccess-date=2021-02-25
- ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/music-for-the-pandemic-a-hand-washing-opera-a-fanfare-for-nurses-and-a-socially-distant-chorus/2020/04/29/2ca48c08-8984-11ea-8ac1-bfb250876b7a_story.html%7Caccess-date=2021-02-25
- ^ https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-yorkers-encouraged-to-join-in-symphonic-fanfare-for-workers-11588026420%7Caccess-date=2021-02-25
- ^ http://www.thelodownny.com/leslog/2020/05/artists-in-the-time-of-covid-19-a-conversation-with-the-wooster-groups-kate-valk.html%7Caccess-date=2021-02-25
- ^ https://marthagraham.edu/staff/%7Caccess-date=2021-02-25
- ^ https://thehumanist.com/news/aha_news/providing-mindfulness-meditation-to-humanists/%7Caccess-date=2021-02-25
- ^ https://americanhumanistcenterforeducation.org/programs-webinars/further-reflection/%7Caccess-date=2021-02-25