Zachary's To the Roaring Wind has just been released on Aetheria, a new CD by Seattle's preeminent vocal ensemble, The Esoterics. Led by founding director Eric Banks, the choir also sings music by Dale Trumbore, Aulis Sallinen, and Kirke Mechem. Click here to order a copy!
In a review of the Richmond Symphony's performances of Zachary's Point — Line — Plane, the Richmond Times-Dispatch's Clarke Bustard wrote:
“This short work, introduced in 2007, evokes the accumulation of points (notes) into lines (melodies), and lines into planes (harmonies), evolving from a quizzical melody, rather austere and angular at the outset, growing lusher and more atmospheric as individual voices and small ensembles grow into larger, richer, more colorful combinations.”
Zachary was featured in Philip Copeland's recent article for the International Choral Bulletin: "After Eric: New American Composers After 1980."
Zachary was interviewed by String Visions about a recording of his Three Lacquer Prints, arranged for cello ensemble, that will soon be released on Sono Luminous Records. The disc Shadow, Echo, Memory features beautiful performances by the Northwestern University Cello Ensemble, and it is coming soon!
Zachary was recently interviewed for the Juilliard American Songmakers Interview Project, along with composers Lowell Liebermann, Martin Bresnick, Gilda Lyons, Daren Hagen, and many others. Click here to read the interview.
Zachary's vivid double-choir arrangement of the classic Basque carol Gabriel's Message has just been published by E.C. Schirmer. Commissioned by The Crossing and St. Paul's Church, the piece is now available for online purchase through Canticle Distributing.
