Bio
Zach is an active composer, pianist, arranger, copyist, musicologist and musical director in and out of New York City. As a musicologist, Zachary’s research and study of Auschwitz victim Marcel Tyberg's life and music has culminated in three world premiers by the Buffalo Philharmonic and two distinguished grants, NYU's Collaborative Arts Grant and support from the Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies. Lucina Horn premiered Tyberg’s Heine Zyklus in Buffalo in 2010 and the Buffalo Philharmonic premiered Tyberg’s Second Symphony this past May conducted by JoAnn Faletta.
Zach actively works as a vocal coach and accompanist for students at NYU’s Steinhardt School of Education and Tisch School of the Arts. He is a copyist for Kaye/Houston Music, Ricky Ian Gordon, Mel Marvin, the Buffalo Philharmonic and Bachovich Music Publishers among others.
Recent productions as composer: The Memory Show (Barrington Stage; NAMT Festival of New Musicals; reading, Barrington Stage Company, lyrics by Sara Cooper); Loving Leo (Workshop at ATF July 2010); May Day(GMTWP Reading); Adeyele (short musical, GMTWP Reading); Perez Hilton Saves the Universe, (Best Musical Fringe Festival 2008 and Best Musical in the Talkin' Broadway 2008 Summer Theatre Festival Citations). Zach's music has been performed at Lincoln Center, Merkin Hall, Joe's Pub (among others) and has been critically acclaimed by the New York Times, Variety and the Boston Globe. Music Directing/Assistant Music Directing credits: Damn Yankees, Rent, One, Golden Apple, A Little Night Music. Broadway: Xanadu. Off Broadway: H.M.S. Pinafore, Captain Louie, Marriage of Better and Boo. He is a member of ASCAP, Local 802 and a graduate of NYU Tisch’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program.
