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Zachary Good is a multifaceted clarinetist, chamber musician, and composer based in Chicago.
He is the clarinetist of the sextet Eighth Blackbird, a member of Ensemble Dal Niente, and a founding Co-Artistic Director and member of the eccentric performance collective
Mocrep. He has frequently performed with International Contemporary Ensemble, Music of the
Baroque Chicago, and the puppet company Manual Cinema. As an improviser, he performs
and records with the trio ZRL and the quintet Honestly Same, as well as regularly
appearing on improvised music series throughout Chicago.
As a composer, Zachary explores contrapuntal possibilities on the soprano clarinet with small–interval multiphonics (“close dyads”), creating the illusion of multiple clarinetists playing simultaneously. Zachary’s compositions and intersecting multiphonic research are the focus of his dissertation, “Add Dye: Dyadic Perspectives on Close Dyad Multiphonics for the Soprano Clarinet.”
As an educator, Zachary is currently the Instructor of Clarinet at Harper College and a chamber music coach with the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra. Previously, he was a middle band director at the Chicago Waldorf School. Zachary is a graduate of Northwestern University (DMA), Oberlin Conservatory, and DePaul University. He is the recipient of the 2021 Luminarts Classical Winds Fellowship. Zachary has participated in fellowships with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and the Aspen Contemporary Music program. Zachary is a D’Addario Woodwinds Artist.