NEWSMar 23 2012 Zachary is thrilled to have been named a 2012-13 Fellow of the Douglas Moore Fund for American Opera. This fellowship will place Zachary in residence at six American opera companies over the course of the coming year, with his first two residencies at Center City Opera Theater and the Santa Fe Opera.Apr 01 2012  The second movement of Zachary's Symphony of Glances has been released on the Cornell University Wind Ensemble's new release on Albany Records, entitled Augenblick. Click here to purchase on Amazon.com.Mar 23 2012 Writing for Art Now Nashville, John Pitcher called Zachary's Cautionary Tales for Children "vivid, vital and prismatic." Read the full review here.Jan 10 2012 Writing in the January issue of Choir & Organ magazine, eminent British conductor Jeremy Summerly reviewed Zachary's Out of the South Cometh the Whirlwind: "[it] is a highly imaginative and compelling addition to the choir and organ repertoire and it would serve as an unusually dramatic and arresting anthem at Evensong."Jan 01 2012 Zachary has been named one of the Calgary Herald's 2012 "Compelling Calgarians." An article and photograph can be viewed here.Aug 17 2011  Novello has just released Zachary's award-winning anthem, Out of the South Cometh the Whirlwind, as part of their Novello New Choral Series. The anthem, for SATB chorus and organ, sets text from the book of Job. Purchase copies here.Jul 01 2011 Zachary is thrilled to have been named the Young Composer winner of The Esoterics' 2012 POLYPHONOS choral composition competition. As a result of this recognition, he has been commissioned to write a new work for the Seattle choir's 2012 season.UPCOMING PERFORMANCESMay 25 2012 The choir of the Cathedral Church of the Redeemer, conducted by Tim Pyper, will perform the premiere of Zachary's new festival anthem, Into One Harmony, during their Spring concert at 8pm. Cathedral Church of the Redeemer, Calgary, AB, Canada. Tickets are $20 ($15 for students and seniors).Jun 10 2012 Accompanied by the composer at the piano, soprano Judith Kellock will perform Pictures of the Floating World during the annual 4:30pm gay pride recital at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Jackson Heights, NY. Other works are by Ned Rorem and Amit Gilutz. This event is made possible in part by funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts, administered by the Queens Council on the Arts.Jun 13 2012 Organist Thomas Spacht will perform Zachary's Variations on an Old American Tune during a 7:30pm recital at St. John's Episcopal Church, Lynchburg, VA. Other works are by Walther, Lenel, de Vries, Buttstett, and Krebs.Jun 26 2012 During a 7:30pm recital, soprano Annamarie Zmolek and pianist Andrew Schneider will perform selections from Zachary's song cycle, Pictures of the Floating World. The concert will also feature works of Mozart, Handel, and Britten. Church of the Good Shepherd, Lake Charles, Louisiana.Aug 18 2012 Baritone Kevin McMillan will sing Zachary's art song, On the Death of Claude Debussy, during the Staunton Music Festival's "Esprit de France" concert. Venue TBD, admission free. |
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