Zachary Konick is a San Diego based composer, percussionist and hammered
dulcimerist. He received his BM from the University of Maryland and his MM
degree at the University of South Florida in music composition. 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,
and Alice Weinreb. His music has been conducted under the baton of Oliver Knussen,
Aleck Karis, Michael Francis and Steven Schick. He is currently a PhD candidate in
music composition at the University of California San Diego, where he studies with
Roger Reynolds. His past mentors have included Thomas DeLio, Chinary Ung,
Lei ​Liang, Katharina Rosenberger, Baljinder Sekhon, and ​Paul Reller.