Conductor, Educator, and ARC Recording Artist - Dr.
R. Wayne Gallops serves as Director of Bands and Music Education at Radford
University. His responsibilities include conducting the University Wind
Ensemble, Chamber Winds, Symphonic Band, and coordination of the Music
Education degree program. Prior to his appointment at Radford
University, Dr. Gallops served on the
faculties of The University of Tampa, The University of South Florida, and Hillsborough Community College. For nineteen years,
Dr. Gallops taught in the Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, Florida.).
His high school bands presented outstanding performances at Florida Bandmasters
Association district and state festivals, the Bands of America National
Concert Band Festival, toured Japan, and consistently received
national and international acclaim. Dr. Gallops is active throughout the United States and Canada as a conductor, clinician,
adjudicator, and arranger. As a keyboard artist (piano/organ), he performs and
records with numerous professional classical, jazz, commercial ensembles, and performing
artists; has toured throughout the United States, Canada, and Japan; and
conducts for various theater, opera, and ballet companies – including the Florida Lyric Opera, The Broadway Theater
Project, and Radford University
Ballet Theater productions of “The
Nutcracker”. His 2008 solo CD release ‘Jazzicale’
received international critical acclaim and is scheduled for re-release through
the ARC label.
Wayne is also a member of the RU Faculty Jazz Quartet and The Pandemusicum
Ensemble. Dr. Gallops' research interests explore musician response to
conducting gesture and philosophical issues germane to music education in
secondary schools. His writings are published in numerous peer review
publications and he has presented clinics, lectures, and performances at many
regional, national and international music conferences. Dr. Gallops served on
the VMEA Executive Board as College Section President, the United
Arts Council of Greater Greensboro Grant Review Panel,
and is honored
through membership in Kappa Delta Pi, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Who’s Who Among
American Teachers, Outstanding Young Men of America, and Citations of
Excellence from the National Band Association
for outstanding contribution to bands, wind music, and instrumental
music education.
Dr. Gallops holds degrees from Hillsborough Community College (A.A.), The
University of Tampa (B.A.), Florida State University (M.M.E.), and The
University of South Florida (Ph.D.).
He currently resides with family in Roanoke, Virginia and
serves as resident organist/accompanist for the First Presbyterian Church (Roanoke, VA). |
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