Mr. Noel Wallace

 

Adjunct Instructor of Music

Academic Areas:
Low Brass, Jazz Ensemble

Degrees:
D.M.A in Trombone Performance, University of North Texas (ABD)
M.M. in Trombone Performance, The Pennsylvania State University
B.M. in Trombone Performance, The Eastman School of Music

 

Phone: (214) 789-7641
Email: nwallace@twu.edu

 

Noel Wallace is currently adjunct instructor of low brass and director of the jazz ensemble at Texas Woman’s University. In addition to his degrees, Mr. Wallace holds a certificate from the Rotterdam Conservatory, in The Netherlands and a diploma from the Interlochen Arts Academy. His teachers include Jan and Vern Kagarice, Jeannie Little, Tom Riccobono, John Marcellus, Don Harry, Ralph Sauer, Mark Lusk, and Ben van Dijk.

As an educator Mr. Wallace currently holds collegiate teaching positions at Texas Women’s University and Brookhaven College.  Previous college teaching positions include a graduate teaching assistantship at Penn State University and a graduate teaching fellowship at the University of North Texas.  Mr. Wallace also teaches private lessons in the Hebron High School cluster of the Lewisville Independent School District and Lake Highlands High School of the Richardson Independent School District.

Mr. Wallace has performed with a wide variety of ensembles from the Eastman Wind Ensemble to the University of North Texas Symphony Orchestra.  During his time in The Netherlands, Mr. Wallace performed projects with the Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra, Continuo Rotterdam and the Rotterdam Conservatory Trombone Choir. As member of the Eastman Trombone Choir and Bionic Bones he has appeared at three International Trombone Festivals, including groups that won both the Remington Trombone Choir Competition and Kai Winding Jazz Trombone Ensemble Competition . While in Pennsylvania he played two seasons as second trombonist in the Altoona Symphony Orchestra as well as one summer season in the Music in Penn’s Woods Festival Orchestra as well as Hershey Park’s All-Star College Band. Currently Mr. Wallace serves as the bass trombonist with the San Angelo Symphony and freelances in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex.

As a scholar Mr. Wallace’s current interests include finishing his doctoral dissertation on the collaborative aspects of pedagogy used at the Rotterdam Conservatory in The Netherlands. Other scholastic and research interests include; the history of bass trombone in jazz, the health and wellness of brass players with an emphasis on the prevention and eradication of FTSD (focal task specific dystonia), the application of the Suzuki Method for brass players, and a legacy of the trombone studio at the Eastman School of Music. Mr. Wallace also serves as the Exhibits Director for the International Trombone Festival.

Currently living in Denton, Texas Mr. Wallace shares his passion and love for music and teaching with his wife, who happens to be his favorite soprano.  

Course numbers and titles:

MU 2021, 2022, 4021, 4022 Brass
MU 3571/5571 Jazz Ensemble