The Chronos Vocal Ensemble, led by Jordan Van Biert, have just released FRESH, an album of new choral music by Canadian composers. The album includes Zachary's Three Lacquer Prints, along with music by Andrew Balfour, Nicholas Ryan Kelly, Matthew Emery, David Archer, Guillaume Boulay, Tawnie Olson, Peter-Anthony Togni, Alex Eddington, Kathleen Allan, Stuart Beatch, and Jocelyn Morlock.
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Zachary has been named the first composer-in-residence with Chor Leoni Men's Choir in Vancouver. His first project in this role will be a concert-length oratorio called When There is Peace (with a libretto by Peter Rothstein and Erick Lichte) for premiere in November 2018 with tenor Lawrence Wiliford, soprano Arwen Myers, and the Borealis String Quartet. Later in this two-year residency, Wadsworth will compose works for Chor Leoni’s holiday program as well as the VanMan Male Choral Summit.
Chor Leoni's Artistic Director Erick Lichte writes: “We are thrilled to begin a lasting artistic relationship with Zachary Wadsworth for the next two seasons. We are excited that this relationship will also extend to our loyal audience. Creating and presenting new works is a passion for Chor Leoni, and we could not be more proud than to begin this residency with Zachary.”
Zachary and tenor Tony Boutté were recent guests on John Lane's podcast Standing in the Stream: Conversations with Creatives. Click here to listen to the hourlong episode.
Das ensemble cantissimo and the Raschèr Saxophone Quartet have just released "War Dreams," a new CD that includes Zachary's choral composition of the same name, along with music by Byrd, Pärt, Schoenberg, Eisler, Penderecki, Tippett, and Bernd Franke. Click here for more information.
On January 11, Downtown Voices, led by Stephen Sands, sang the premiere of Zachary's Spire and Shadow, an 80-minute, 17-movement work for chorus and chamber orchestra about the history of downtown Manhattan.
Watch video of the premiere performance below:
Writing for Choir & Organ, Brian Morton raved about the new CD of Zachary's The Far West:
Also, writing in The Whole Note, Vanessa Wells called The Far West:
“both achingly beautiful and horrifyingly vivid in its imagery as it paints portraits of Tim Dlugos, its posthumous librettist, and stricken friends.”
