Education
He initially studied classical piano, but became more interested in jazz by the time he reached middle school. Wolcott graduated from Rockville High School in Maryland in 2008.
He initially studied classical piano, but became more interested in jazz by the time he reached middle school. Wolcott graduated from Rockville High School in Maryland in 2008.
Donald Wolcott began training as a pianist at age five. In high school, he was the pianist for the jazz ensemble, a position he held until graduation. He formed the rock band "Three Easy Payments," and performed with them over the next four years, singing lead vocals, playing bass and keyboards, and writing songs.
In addition, he served as the producer and manager for the group.
He is also self-taught in bass, guitar, and drums. In 2005, Wolcott received acclaim from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia as a top soloist in their annual jazz festival.
In 2006, he was accepted as a bassist into the Montgomery County Honors Jazz Ensemble. Heritage Music Festival.
He accepted a scholarship to Towson University, where he majored in Jazz/Commercial Performance.
He now works professionally as a pianist in the Baltimore/Washington District of Columbia area and teaches music at Saint James Academy in Monkton, Doctor of Medicine. is a collaboration between the rock band Point Valid and American mezzo-soprano and science fiction author Catherine Asaro. lieutenant resulted in Point Valid"s second Civil Defense, Diamond Star (Starflight Music, April 2009), which is a soundtrack for Asaro"s novel Diamond Star (Baen Books, May 2009). He arranged and consolidated the songs from the Civil Defense so they could be performed by a duo ensemble in concert, with Wolcott on keyboard and Asaro as the vocalist.
Wolcott toured until 2011 with Asaro, where she performed as the Guest of Honor at science fiction conventions, including venues in the United States, at the Danish National Science Fiction Convention and at the New Zealand National Science Fiction Convention In 2011, Greg Adams replaced Wolcott as the pianist and band leader for the Diamond Star project
Donald Wolcott joined the Diamond Star Project in 2009, after the members of Point Valid dispersed to pursue their education.