Zachary has been named a finalist in the King James Bible Composition Awards for his composition, Out of the South Cometh the Whirlwind. These awards celebrate the 400th anniversary of the King James Version. The four finalists' pieces will be premiered in the Temple Church, London, on May 17, and Bob Chilcott and James Macmillan will be present to announce the winners. The event will be hosted by Katie Derham.
In celebration of President's Day, Zachary was commissioned by Judith Clurman to set a short sentence by President Clinton to music. The resulting Ode, has been included in the "Mr President" cycle, currently featured on NPR's Classical Music Blog. The piece has also been broadcast on Performance Today.
E.C. Schirmer Publishing has just released Zachary's 2009 song cycle for soprano and piano, Pictures of the Floating World. The cycle features six settings of poems by the American poet Amy Lowell.
Buy it here, or through any of E.C. Schirmer's network of retailers
PRB Productions has published Zachary's Suite for Viol Consort, The Muses, in their Contemporary Consort Series. They will also publish the original version for Violin, Viola da Gamba, and Harpsichord.
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Zachary's choral work, Beati Quorum Remissae, has just been published by Alliance Music Publishers, Inc. Buy it here.