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Reviews
"Wadsworth’s Cautionary Tales for Children set to music three poems by Hilaire Belloc. His score was … vivid, vital and prismatic."
John Pitcher, Art Now Nashville | March 23, 2012
"Zachary Wadsworth's Out of the south cometh the whirlwind 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."
Jeremy Summerly, Choir & Organ | January / February, 2012
"In keeping with the impressionistic style of the poetry, the composer has used impressionistic musical material to good effect… This exquisitely beautiful cycle happily looks more difficult on the page than it really is."
Judith Carman, writing about Pictures of the Floating World
Journal of Singing | November / December, 2011
"Set for two choirs and organ, it’s a lovely score that delineates the story of Christ’s Nativity with sensitivity and imagination."
Michael Caruso, writing about Gabriel's Message
Chestnut Hill Local | December 21, 2011
"This is a highly professional composition, imbued with a kind of shadowy elegance that reflected the uncertainty of the poems."
Greg Stepanich, writing about for nothing lesse than thee
The Palm Beach ArtsPaper | November 24, 2009
"Zachary Wadsworth's multitextured Fantasy on a Theme of William Billings paid respectful tribute to the source material, while offering its own meditative and languid commentary."
Peter Lefevre, The Ocean County Register | March 30, 2008
"Mesmerizing... Astonishingly confident. Wadsworth's lyrical dissonance adds mystery to his strangely attractive music."
Roy C. Dicks, writing about Venus and Adonis
The News & Observer | June 25, 2007
"This young man has flair. ... Rapturous and reflective ... Contemporary, easily accessible, and a pleasure to hear throughout."
Ken Hoover, writing about Venus and Adonis
Classical Voice North Carolina | June 24, 2007
"Cohesive and approachable ... Wadsworth's piece seemed to draw in the audience and hold it in rapturous mid-air before it landed in applause."
Regina DeAngelo, writing about String Quartet no. 2
The New Haven Independent | April 28, 2006
"An evocative mixture of old and new ... Wadsworth has a beautiful appreciation for the dramatic flow of the work."
Abigail Aresty, writing about Venus and Adonis
Campus Times | March 3, 2005
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Features
"Compelling Calgarians"
A brief interview after having a composition
performed for the Queen in Westminster Abbey
Calgary Herald | January 1, 2012
"Bill Clinton's Proverb of Wrong and Right"
Text and audio featuring Zachary's setting
of text by President Bill Clinton
Tom Huizenga and Ashalen Sims, NPR | February 24, 2011
"Follow the Bouncing Ball"
"Composer Zachary Wadsworth stays in motion by
bringing together poetry and music."
Clarke Bustard, Style Weekly | January 2, 2008
"Monacan Grad Wins Competition"
A brief interview after having won the 2007 ASCAP/Lotte
Lehmann Foundation Art Song Competition
Lisa Crutchfield, Richmond Times Dispatch | Nov 23, 2007
"One-Act and Action-Packed"
A preview of the Long Leaf Opera's staging
of Zachary's opera, Venus and Adonis
Rebecca Bailey, The Herald-Sun | June, 2007
"Long Leaf Opera Production Will Feature Double Bill"
A preview of the Long Leaf Opera's staging
of Zachary's opera, Venus and Adonis
Sonia Johnson, The Herald-Sun | June, 2007
"Career in Composing Goal of Monacan Grad"
"Wadsworth's career began in seventh grade, when he
sat down at the family piano and started playing"
Paige Akin, The Richmond Times Dispatch | June, 2001
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