Zach Jones is a composer and musician from Bethlehem, PA currently based in Tempe, AZ.  When composing, he likes to create an emotional musical experience similar to his own experiences of classical, film, rock, and emo music. Starting out as a rock transcriber and songwriter in high school, Zach has since explored writing acoustic and electronic concert music, incidental music for theatre, short film scores, and music for virtual reality film projects. As a composition fellow, his music has been premiered at the nief-norf Summer Festival, Cortona Sessions for New Music in Tuscany, and Atlantic Music Festival.

Zach has also presented at regional, national, and international conferences since college and has premiered his piano music in Sweden, Italy, and across the United States. He holds degrees from Lafayette College, where he was a Marquis Scholar, EXCEL Scholar, and Phi Beta Kappa inductee, and Arizona State University, where he was a teaching assistant for music theory and treasurer for Arizona State’s chapter of the Society of Composers, Inc.  His composition teachers include Rodney Rogers, Kirk O’Riordan, Jody Rockmaker, and Robert Paterson.

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