Wallace Long

Wallace H. Long, Jr.
Long in 2020
Long in 2020
Background information
Born
Wallace Harris Long, Jr.

1952 (age 73–74)
Carlsbad, New Mexico
GenresChoral music, Vocal jazz
OccupationsConductor, Professor

Wallace Harris Long, Jr. is an American choral conductor, educator, and vocalist. He was director of choral activities at Willamette University from 1983 to 2020, founded the Willamette Master Chorus and conducted the group from 1985 to 1998, and was a member of Male Ensemble Northwest. Long has been called "a world-class conductor" and "the ultimate professor, scholar and community-builder".

Career

While Long initially considered going into a career in finance, his experiences singing in choir led him to pursue music instead. He received a Bachelor of music degree from the University of Arizona at Tucson, where he sang under Jean Berger. He would later acquire a Master's and Doctorate in choral conducting. His doctoral thesis examines early conducting techniques.

Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center

Long joined the faculty at Willamette University in 1983 and was chair of the Music department from 1994 to 2001. At Willamette, he directed the Chamber Choir and Willamette Singers (A jazz ensemble), as well as teaching conducting and other courses. Long oversaw the construction of the Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center, which houses the University's primary concert and rehearsal halls.

A frequent adjudicator and clinician, Long has served as a guest conductor for the Kansas and Wyoming All-State Choirs as well as the Texas Two-Year College All-State Choir, the Fairbanks Festival of the Arts, and the Bangkok International Choral Festival. He sang as a member of the Robert Shaw Festival Singers from 1993 to 1996. In May 2006, Long conducted Haydn’s Mass in the Time of War in Carnegie Hall. He is a past president of the Oregon chapter of the American Choral Directors Association.

Awards

Discography

Willamette Singers

  • Magic (Salem, Or.: Willamette University, Dept. of Music, [1998]) [Willamette Singers 1997-98]
  • Too Close to the Sun [Willamette Singers 2000-2001]
  • Dancing on the Sea [Willamette Singers 2000-2001]
  • Where Do You Start? [Willamette Singers 2001-2002]
  • New York afternoon ([Salem, Or.]: [Willamette University], 2003) [Willamette Singers 2002-2003]
  • Witchcraft [Willamette Singers 2003-2004]
  • One Touch of Heaven [Willamette Singers 2004-2005]
  • Sea Journey [Willamette Singers 2005-2006]
  • Smack Dab in the Middle [Willamette Singers 2006-2007]
  • Come Rain or Come Shine [Willamette Singers 2008-2009]
  • Move On Over [Willamette Singers 2009-2010]
  • Radiance [Willamette Singers 2011-2012]
  • I’ll Sing for You [Willamette Singers 2012-13]
  • Willamette University Willamette Singers & Mansfield University, The Mansfieldians (Huron, Ohio: Soundwaves, LLC, 2013)
  • Love, My Old Friend [Willamette Singers 2013-2014]
  • Magnolia [Willamette Singers 2014-2015]
  • Green Garden [Willamette Singers 2015-2016]
  • First Train Home [Willamette Singers 2016-2017]
  • Image on Image [Willamette Singers 2017-2018]
  • Black Magic [Willamette Singers 2018-2019]

Willamette Chamber Choir

  • Chamber Choir 2001-2002
  • Hope for resolution (Salem, Or.: Willamette University, 2003) [Chamber Choir 2002-2003]
  • Thula Sizwe [Chamber Choir 2003-2004]
  • In the Heart of the World [Chamber Choir 2004-2006]
  • The New Moon [Chamber Choir 2006-2010]
  • Stars [Chamber Choir 2010-2015]

Male Ensemble Northwest

  • Reflections of Christmas (Puyallup, WA: [Male Ensemble Northwest], 1997)
  • A tribute to Norman Luboff (Puyallup, Wash.: Male Ensemble Northwest; Olympia, Wash. : [Recorded by] The Sounds Preservers Co., 1999)

Other

  • Nine concerts, eight days ([Salem, Or.] : Willamette University, 2000) [Multiple ensembles]
  • Handel's Messiah ([Yakima, Wash.]: Yakima Symphony Chorus, 2001) [As bass soloist]
  • 2018 Texas Music Educators Association Clinic/Convention. TTCCDA All-State Choir (Clarence, NY : Mark Records, 2018) [As guest conductor]

References

  1. ↑ "Wallace Long leaves a lasting legacy on the Willamette community". willamette.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
  2. ↑ "Dr. Long's last choir tour after 37 years as director". willamettecollegian.com. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  3. ↑ "Beethoven Symphony No. 9". willamette.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-26. Dr. Long founded the Willamette Master Chorus in 1985 and was its director for the first thirteen years of its existence.
  4. ↑ "Professor profile: Dr. Long, lifelong music enthusiast". willamettecollegian.com. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  5. ↑ "Wallace Long Jr". willamette.edu. Archived from the original on 2011-12-23. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  6. ↑ Long, Wallace H. (1983). "The Development of Beat Patterns from 1672 -1763: An Historical Perspective". arizona.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  7. ↑ Cowan, Ron (7 March 1999). "A place where music can soar". Statesman Journal. Salem, Oregon.
  8. ↑ "Dr. Wallace H. Long, 2018 TYCASC Conductor". ttccda.org. Archived from the original on 2017-09-20. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  9. ↑ "DownBeat's 37th Annual Student Music Awards" (PDF). Downbeat. Vol. 81, no. 6. Elmhurst, Illinois: Maher Publications. June 2014. p. 108. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
  10. ↑ "DownBeat Student Music Awards—Complete Results" (PDF). Downbeat. Vol. 82, no. 6. Elmhurst, Illinois: Maher Publications. June 2015. p. 123. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  11. ↑ "Willamette Singers achieve global recognition through DownBeat award". willamette.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
  12. ↑ "Downbeat 40th Annual Student Music Awards". Downbeat. Vol. 84, no. 6. Elmhurst, Illinois: Maher Publications. June 2017. p. 112. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  13. ↑ "Past Award Recipients". salemchamber.org. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  14. ↑ "Complete Results Downbeat 44th Annual Student Music Awards" (PDF). Downbeat. Vol. 88, no. 6. Elmhurst, Illinois: Maher Publications. June 2021. p. 68. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
  15. ↑ "Willamette Singers collect fourth national award from DownBeat". willamette.edu. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-21.