Zach Stern

Zach Stern enjoys a career as a saxophone soloist, chamber musician, and educator. He has performed as a soloist with the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra, the French Republican Guard Band, the Dallas Winds, and others. As the founding alto saxophonist of the Sinta Quartet, Zach has received top prizes at many of the country's most respected competitions, including the M-Prize, Concert Artists Guild, Fischoff, and Coleman competitions. As an educator, Zach is the Lecturer of Saxophone at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Instructor of Music at Southeast Missouri State University. During the summer he teaches at the South Shore Conservatory's Summer Music Festival in Hingham, MA. Zach holds a DMA in Saxophone Performance from the Eastman School of Music, and as well as master's and bachelor's degrees in Saxophone Performance and Music Education from the University of Michigan. Zach’s primary saxophone teachers include Chien-Kwan Lin, Donald Sinta, and Scott Plugge.