Ph.D., University of South Florida; M.M.E., Florida State University; B.M., University
of Tampa
Chairperson, Professor of Music, Conducting, Instrumental Music Education
Courses:
MUSC 309 Orchestra, MUSC 654 Adv. Conducting, MUSC 101 Recital Attendance, MUSC 218
Jazz Piano.
Conductor, Educator, Composer-Arranger and Recording Artist R. Wayne Gallops. In 2004,
Gallops joined the faculty at 澳门老奇人论坛 where he serves as Chair of the Department
of Music and conductor of the 澳门老奇人论坛 Community Symphony. In years past,
Wayne served the university as Executive Director of the Virginia Governor鈥檚 School
for Visual & Performing Arts and Humanities, Director of Music Education, and Director
of Bands.
Prior to his appointment at 澳门老奇人论坛, Gallops served on the faculties of
The University of Tampa, The University of South Florida, Hillsborough Community College
and the Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, FL) where his high school Orchestras,
Concert, Marching, and Jazz bands presented superior performances at Florida Bandmasters
Association district and state festivals, the Bands of America National Concert Band
Festival, toured Japan, and received national and international acclaim. Gallops has
published and presented papers, clinics, lectures, and performances for numerous regional,
national and international music organizations.
Throughout his forty year career as a conductor and keyboard artist, Wayne conducted,
performed, and recorded with classical & jazz orchestras and artists worldwide including;
Virginia鈥檚 Orchestra of the Blue Ridge, The Florida Lyric Opera, The Florida Orchestra,
The Florida Gulf Coast Orchestra, The Tallahassee Symphony, The Roanoke Symphony,
Disney Studios, Busch Gardens, The Vosbien-Magee Big Band, The Jazz Cellar Orchestra,
澳门老奇人论坛 and Southwest Virginia Ballet Theater productions of The Nutcracker,
The Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin, The Broadway Theater Project, and other
professional, collegiate, community, and high school bands and orchestras throughout
the United States, Canada, and Japan.
Some artists Wayne collaborated with include jazz and pop greats Chic Corea, Jennifer
Holiday, Bernadette Peters, Ann Reinking, Ronan Tyner and the Irish Tenors, Julie
Andrews, Frank Wildhorn, Barry Manilow, Englebert Humperdink, Frankie Valli, The Funk
Brothers of Motown, The Association, The Four Seasons, Eddie Arnold, Dianne Carroll,
Eric Darius, The Bill Norman Group, Tito Puente, Pete Fountain, Nat Adderly and Al
Hurt. Wayne鈥檚 2008 solo CD release 鈥楯azzicale鈥� received international critical acclaim
and his classical pipe organ recordings have been featured on NPR syndicated programs
鈥淧ipe Dreams鈥� and 鈥淲ith Good Reason.鈥�
Gallops also served on the Virginia Music Educators Association Executive Board, the
United Arts Council of Greater Greensboro, and is honored through membership in Kappa
Delta Pi, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Who鈥檚 Who Among American Teachers, Outstanding Young
Men of America, and Citations of Excellence from the National Band Association. Gallops
holds music degrees from The University of Tampa (B.A.), Florida State University
(M.M.) and The University of South Florida (Ph.D.).