Zach Pfeifer

June 27 - July 22, 2012
Teaching at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp

Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp
Twin Lake, MI

Zach will be teaching the Music Composition Program at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp for Session I (June 27- July 8) and Session II (July 11 - July 22).

About Zach

Zach Pfeifer (1982- ) was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and grew up just north in the rolling hills of York County, Pennsylvania. He played viola through grade school and attended Kutztown University of Pennsylvania where he initially became involved in the school's jazz studies program under director Dr. Kevin Kjos as a jazz bassist. He studied jazz bass with Erik Unsworth and Scott Lee before his developing interest in orchestral music and composition caused him to switch his focus to writing music under the guidance of Dr. John Metcalf.

After undergraduate studies Zach earned his Masters of Music at Louisiana State University under Dr. Dinos Constantinides. He has also studied with Alejandro Argüello and in Claremont, California with Thomas Flaherty. During the summer Zach serves as department head and instructor for the music composition program at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Twin Lakes, Michigan. Currently, Zach lives in San Francisco with his wife Megan.

Much of Zach Pfeifer's music depicts natural settings, enviroments and phenomena. Therefore his music is almost always acoustic with an emphasis on the wooden sounds of strings instruments, marimba and clarinets.

By contrast some of Zach's music addresses the relationship between man-made enviroments and the elements and components of nature.