Equally at home in both traditional and contemporary ensembles, Zachary West has been heard in performance throughout the United States. As an orchestral musician, he has performed under the baton of many of the world's finest conductors, including Jane Glover, Kimbo Ishii, Yoel Levi, JahJa Ling, Ludovic Morlot, Robert Spano, and Markus Stenz. A devoted chamber musician as well, Zachary has collaborated with the award-winning Belka String Quartet and appeared alongside faculty in concerts at the Cleveland Institute of Music and Duxbury Music Festival. As soloist, Zachary has given performances of the clarinet concerti of Mozart and Crusell with orchestras in Massachusetts and at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. An alumnus of the Sarasota and Aspen Music Festivals, Zachary completed a Master of Music degree at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he studied with Israeli Philharmonic clarinetist Eli Eban. Previous to this, Zachary earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he was a student of Franklin Cohen, Principal Clarinet Emeritus of the Cleveland Orchestra.