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Chris Zacharias
Composer
Professional Summary
Graduate composition student with deep background in jazz and electronics alongside experience working within each category
Technical Skills
- Finale
- Digital Audio Workspaces
- Reason
- Protools
- Ableton Live
- Logic
- Max/MSP
- Coding Languages
- Python
- Javascript
- Jazz Guitar Proficiency
Awards
Finalist, ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Competition, 2025
Performances
January 14 - Breathe - Boston, Ma
Written for Transient Canvas | Performed at Plimpton Shattuck Blackbox Theatre
November 18, 2025 - Flight - Boston, Ma
Written for trio | Performed at Tuesday Night New Music, Williams Hall
June 2024 - Lying Down - Ruston, La
Written for chamber ensemble | Performed at New Music at the Bayou
March 2024 - Bird on a Wire - Boston, Ma
Written for jazz big band | Performed at Warehouse XI
October 2023 - Nautilus - Livermore, Ca
Written for the Pacific Chamber Orchestra | Performed at the Dream American Composers Workshop, Bothwell Art Center
December 2022 - Jabberwocky - Boston, Ma
Written for the New Jazz Orchestra | Performed and streamed at Virtuosity
Work Experience
Sept 2022 - Aug 2025 | Planet Fitness - Natick, Ma
Sales Associate
Jan 2022 - Aug 2023 | CVS #471 - Boston, Ma
Operations Manager
Jan 2018 - Dec 2021 | CVS #2070 - Boston, Ma
Shift Supervisor
Jan 2012 - Dec 2017 | CVS - Hagerstown, Md
Retail Store Associate
Education
Sept 2025 - M.M Composition, New England Conservatory, Boston, Ma
June 2024 - Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate (Coursera)
Jan 2018 - May 2022- B.A Jazz Composition, Berklee College of Music, Boston, Ma
Sept 2016 - Dec 2017 - Business Administration Major, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV
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