Teaching Philosophy: “For the future of the music that I myself love, and for the future of music as a whole, we must educate and encourage thoughtful musical practices in the growing musician. It is my duty as an educator to develop the artistic voice in each of my students, to teach them how to give life and breath to notes on a page. If we don’t diligently cultivate the musicians in our programs today, all the future will bring is silence.”
Biography: Originally from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Garrett Wallace is a multi-instrumentalist in the greater Boston area. They started taking piano lessons when they were 4 years old – after they climbed up on the piano bench and started trying to teach themselves how to play, their mom rushed them next door where the neighbor ran a piano studio. Their enthusiasm to learn new instruments only intensified as the years went on. By high school, Garrett added the saxophone, clarinet, bass, voice, ukulele, guitar, accordion, and flute to their growing arsenal of instruments. Garrett moved to Boston after high school to attend Berklee College of Music where they graduated Summa Cum Laude with a dual degree in Music Education and Composition, and a minor in Conducting. There, they studied Clarinet and Saxophone with Harry Skoler and Shannon LeClaire, Flute with Wendy Rolfe, Composition with Marti Epstein, Beth Denisch, Jeffrey Means, James Smith, and Panagiotis Liaropulos, and Conducting with Eric Stern and George Monseur. After Berklee, Garrett completed their Masters of Music at the American Band College.
Garrett is a band director and teaches general music electives in the town of Lexington. They play electric bass and write music for a now international experimental rock project “ROGOZO!”, and performs on the upright bass and vocals in their Bluegrass and Old-Time band “The Splinters,” performing in the New England area including at the prestigious Thomas Point, Podunk, and Joe Val Bluegrass Festivals, and the Ossippee Valley Music Festival. Garrett is also a free-lance multi-instrumentalist, and has been asked to play for various pit orchestras and contemporary classical performances around Boston.
Garrett teaches piano, saxophone, clarinet, bass, voice, ukulele, guitar, accordion, and flute for Note-worthy Experiences, where they have taught since September 2018.
Learn more about Garrett on their Teacher Feature.
Biography: Originally from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Garrett Wallace is a multi-instrumentalist in the greater Boston area. They started taking piano lessons when they were 4 years old – after they climbed up on the piano bench and started trying to teach themselves how to play, their mom rushed them next door where the neighbor ran a piano studio. Their enthusiasm to learn new instruments only intensified as the years went on. By high school, Garrett added the saxophone, clarinet, bass, voice, ukulele, guitar, accordion, and flute to their growing arsenal of instruments. Garrett moved to Boston after high school to attend Berklee College of Music where they graduated Summa Cum Laude with a dual degree in Music Education and Composition, and a minor in Conducting. There, they studied Clarinet and Saxophone with Harry Skoler and Shannon LeClaire, Flute with Wendy Rolfe, Composition with Marti Epstein, Beth Denisch, Jeffrey Means, James Smith, and Panagiotis Liaropulos, and Conducting with Eric Stern and George Monseur. After Berklee, Garrett completed their Masters of Music at the American Band College.
Garrett is a band director and teaches general music electives in the town of Lexington. They play electric bass and write music for a now international experimental rock project “ROGOZO!”, and performs on the upright bass and vocals in their Bluegrass and Old-Time band “The Splinters,” performing in the New England area including at the prestigious Thomas Point, Podunk, and Joe Val Bluegrass Festivals, and the Ossippee Valley Music Festival. Garrett is also a free-lance multi-instrumentalist, and has been asked to play for various pit orchestras and contemporary classical performances around Boston.
Garrett teaches piano, saxophone, clarinet, bass, voice, ukulele, guitar, accordion, and flute for Note-worthy Experiences, where they have taught since September 2018.
Learn more about Garrett on their Teacher Feature.
Garrett has been teaching Piano to my three kids for the last four months. My kids love working with him and are making great progress. He's able to relate to them and make it fun. All three of them are more willing to practice and they also talk about their favorite songs.
-Praveena T.
-Praveena T.
