About Me
It was inevitable that Melbourne born drummer, Lachlan Wallace would pursue a career in music. Having come from a musical family and taking a shining to the drums at eight years of age, their was know doubt that this instrument was his calling. Two years later, he commenced lessons at school in both Drumkit and Orchestral Percussion . At sixteen, he discovered a love of jazz music and was playing in as many different jazz groups, outside of school, working with the likes of Toby Mak, Gil Askey, Lachlan Davidson and Craig Beard. Then In 1993, he studied V.C.E. Drumkit with Brian Czempinski, achieving second top mark in the state and the following year moved to Adelaide to study Jazz Drumkit with Australian jazz drumming legend, Laurie Kennedy. After studying at The University of Adelaide for a peroid of five years, Lachlan moved back to Melbourne and took on further studies with Darryn Farrugia, as well as taking lessons from visiting international artists such as Dom Famularo and Clayton Cameron. Since playing professionally from the age of eighteen, Lachlan has had the privilege of working and recording with some of the world’s best musicians including : Wynton Marsalis’ Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Andy Firth, Marina Prior, Donald Cant, Mario Latuada, Dave Palmer, Glenn Cannon, Damon Grant, Ben Edgar, Gary Norman, Carlo Barbaro, Jo To, Ben Rynderman, The Australian Pops Orchestra, The Ashton-Smith Singers, The University of Adelaide Big Band with Graham Collier (recorded by ABC Jazztrack) and Mark Levine. In recent times he has worked with his own original jazz fusion outfit The Lachie Wallace Band, The Phil Reichman Trio, and toured Australia with Triple J song contest winner, Mei Lai Swan.
