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鈥搃nterval multiphonics (鈥渃lose dyads鈥�), creating the illusion of multiple clarinetists playing simultaneously. Zachary鈥檚 compositions and intersecting multiphonic research are the focus of his dissertation, 鈥淎dd Dye: Dyadic Perspectives on Close Dyad Multiphonics for the Soprano Clarinet.鈥濃��
As an educator, Zachary is currently the Instructor of Clarinet at 91制片厂 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鈥橝ddario Woodwinds Artist.鈥�