Teaching Artist Statement

I teach at Music Center because I have been involved in the music community here for a number of years running the Haydn Workshops and now have the privilege to be a part of the Music Center faculty. I find joy in teaching ensemble performance in an orchestral setting and helping musicians to become better at listening and working in groups.

Teaching Bio

Before joining Music Center, Dell Wade was a composition adjudicator at the Seattle Music Teachers Association. He has worked under Robert Orwen at Kent Meridian High School to learn independent hand movement in conducting, as well as Rainier Miedel of the Seattle Symphony to understand the details and nuances of the musical score.

Performance Bio

Dell has composed over 200 compositions. His music has been performed over the past 50 years by the Northwest Symphony, Seattle Philharmonic, Thalia Symphony, Highline Orchestra, Vashon/Maury Chamber Orchestra, Boeing Orchestra of Flight, Premeditated Strings, PLU Symphony, Hildman Strings, Jazz Police, Centerpiece Jazz Band, Joyce Rameë, Max Aronoff Viola Institute and the Cathedral Trio. In Spring of 2022 he conducted the premiere of his 14th symphony with the Haydn and Beyond Workshop.

As a conductor he has been associate conductor of the Rainier Symphony, Vashon/Maury Chamber Orchestra, Boeing Orchestra of Flight, Cub Scout Pack 360 Balloon Orchestra, Premeditated Strings and the Haydn Workshop (Music Center of the Northwest). In the fall of 2021 he was brought on the faculty of Music Center and combined Premeditated Strings and the Haydn Workshop into the Haydn and Beyond Workshop.

As a jazz bassist he plays in the Pamelagrace Band, Colletivo, MC2, Blue Notes and the North Seattle Jazz Orchestra.