Dorian Wallace

Dorian Wallace is an American composer, pianist, board-certified music therapist, and educator based in New York City. He has collaborated with artists such as John Sanborn, Pamela Z, Frank London, Bonita Oliver, Paul Pinto, Charlotte Mundy, and Nicholas Finch.
Biography
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.
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. 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. He spearheaded the New Music Organizing Caucus, a labor advocacy collective tackling systemic disparities in contemporary classical music.
Dorian 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, Crossroads Detention Center, and Sing Sing Correctional Facility, as well as with survivors of coercive groups through the Lalich Center for Cults and Coercion.
One of New York City's most in-demand dance accompanists, Wallace has played for Martha Graham Dance Company, Doug Varone and Dancers,
Wallace has composed and collaborated with artists including Robert Ashley, John King, Dave Liebman, Frank London, Matt Marks, John Sanborn, Son Lux, Aleksandra Vrebalov, and Pamela Z.
In addition to his musical endeavors, Wallace is the host of "Dorian's Mode," a podcast that fosters conversations around music, art, politics, psychology, and philosophy, among other topics.
Awards
* Scare-A-Con Film Festival Award for Best Music
Albums
* 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)

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