Timothy Wallace: Diabelli-Contest 2016

Timothy Wallace Timothy Alexandre Wallace,  pianist, organist, composer, gifted improviser, music director, artist, poet, visionary and entrepreneur, began his formal study of the piano at age nine while living in his native state Texas. He produced his first solo piano recital as a high school student and progressed to Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, graduating with a degree in Piano Performance. While there, he studied with Alfred Mouledous (pianist with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and protege of Walter Geiseking) and also studied at Eastfield College with Pierrette Mouledous (a student of Alfred Cartot at the Paris Conservatory of Music).

Mr. Wallace has performed throughout the United States as a soloist, both in recital and as guest artist with orchestras.  As an accompanist, he has worked with choral ensembles and dance companies including serving as Principal Accompanist for the Dallas Ballet Conservatory, Nutmeg Ballet and staff accompanist for the Joffrey Ballet Workshop San Antonio. Additionally he has served as both accompanist and/or music director for theatres, including a national tour with Theatre Three, Dallas.  His compositions include vocal (solo and choral) and instrumental works (solo, chamber & orchestral).

Mr. Wallace has served as a church musician for nearly thirty years ranging in capacity from organist, choir master, and hand bell director to Music Director. His wide range of experience in the music world combined with his unique creativity brings an exciting approach to sacred music.

In the summer of 2005, Mr. Wallace purchased an historic former church, circa 1888, in Torrington. This was an exciting opportunity to fulfill a life-long dream of having an acoustically superior performance space. With the purchase of a German Steinway concert grand piano having a particularly rich and sonorous tone, he opened Studio 59 to the public with a concert series in 2007. In September 2008 he expanded his private teaching into the Alexandre School of Piano, one of only two known private schools of piano in the United States. In 2010, his first recording, A Gift and The Desire, was released under his recording label, AlbaRose Recordings.

Associations include:  Member of Northwest Connecticut Chamber of Commerce, The Northwest Connecticut Arts Council, ACT - The Arts & Culture Commission of Torrington (Co-Chair), The Northwest Connecticut Convention & Visitors Bureau, American Guild of Organists, Baldwin Roster of Artists, TAW Enterprises, Inc. (owner).
Currently he serves as Music Director/Organist at First Congregational Church of Stamford, CT, accompanies dance at the Hartt School in Hartford, CT, teaches piano at the Gunnery in Washington Depot, CT, and serves as Adjunct Professor at the University of Connecticut.