Zachary is thrilled to have been named second-prize winner in the first annual University of Regina International Choral Composition Competition for Winter Seasonal Music. His composition, A Christmas Carol, will be performed by the Chamber Singers of the University of Regina, directed by Dominick Gregorio.
Zachary's short Ode for chorus has been released on a new album by Essential Voices USA, conducted by Judith Clurman. The CD can now be ordered from the label Sono Luminus, or downloaded on iTunes
Novello has just released Zachary's anthem for SATB choir, O saving victim, as part of their Novello New Choral Series. The anthem, the second of Wadsworth's on this series, sets the popular prayer by Thomas Aquinas. Copies are available from musicroom.com.
Zachary is the subject of this month's "New Music" column in Choir & Organ Magazine. This feature interview is accompanied by a newly-commissioned organ work, Fantasia on Iste Confessor, which is available for free download through the magazine's New Music page.
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. Purchase the CD on Amazon.com, or download it on iTunes.
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: the Metropolitan Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Minnesota Opera, New York City Opera, Seattle Opera, and Center City Opera Theater.