Zachary Konick is a composer, percussionist, and hammered dulcimerist currently based in Annapolis, Maryland.
He holds degrees in music composition from the University of California San Diego (PhD), the University of South
Florida (MM), and the University of Maryland (BM). He has received notable performances by the Birmingham
Contemporary Music Group, the newEar Ensemble, the Quasar Saxophone Quartet, the Florida Orchestra, the
JACK, Ethel, Spektral, and Mivos String Quartets, as well as solo performances by Lee Hinkle, Rebecca Lloyd Jones
and Alice Weinreb. His music has been conducted under the baton of Oliver Knussen, Aleck Karis, Michael Francis
and Steven Schick. Konick has studied and collaborated with some of today’s leading composers, including Roger
Reynolds, Thomas DeLio, Chinary Ung, Lei Liang, Michelle Lou, Katharina Rosenberger, Baljinder Sekhon, and
Paul Reller. As a percussionist, Zachary has served as a member of the McCormick Percussion Group and performs
as a soloist on the hammered dulcimer.
He holds degrees in music composition from the University of California San Diego (PhD), the University of South
Florida (MM), and the University of Maryland (BM). He has received notable performances by the Birmingham
Contemporary Music Group, the newEar Ensemble, the Quasar Saxophone Quartet, the Florida Orchestra, the
JACK, Ethel, Spektral, and Mivos String Quartets, as well as solo performances by Lee Hinkle, Rebecca Lloyd Jones
and Alice Weinreb. His music has been conducted under the baton of Oliver Knussen, Aleck Karis, Michael Francis
and Steven Schick. Konick has studied and collaborated with some of today’s leading composers, including Roger
Reynolds, Thomas DeLio, Chinary Ung, Lei Liang, Michelle Lou, Katharina Rosenberger, Baljinder Sekhon, and
Paul Reller. As a percussionist, Zachary has served as a member of the McCormick Percussion Group and performs
as a soloist on the hammered dulcimer.
