ZACHARY GOOD - CLARINET

Zachary Good is a Chicago-based clarinetist and composer.

Zachary is clarinetist of the sextet Eighth Blackbird, a member of Ensemble Dal Niente, a founding Co-Artistic Director of the performance collective Mocrep, one-third of the clarinet/percussion/cello trio ZRL, and one-fifth of the ensemble Honestly Same. He is a frequent guest performer with the International Contemporary Ensemble, Music of the Baroque Chicago, and Manual Cinema. Recently, he has been a featured solo performer on recitals at the Dame Myra Hess Series, the Phillips Collection, the University of Louisville’s New Music Festival, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s All Access Series.

As a composer, Zachary explores contrapuntal possibilities on the soprano clarinet with close dyad multiphonics, creating the illusion of multiple clarinetists playing simultaneously. His music is quietly virtuosic, inspired by the intricacies of the clarinet and a love for Baroque nuance and form. Zachary’s “Style Brisé Bass Clarinet” project is an ongoing series of French Baroque harpsichord preludes arranged for bass clarinet. 

Born in Pittsburgh, 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 and uses Reserve Classic reeds.