Zach Masri is a Lebanese-Canadian percussionist and timpanist living between New York and Vancouver. He is currently the principal timpanist of the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra. Zach has performed with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the Vancouver Island Symphony, Symphony 21, and the National Academy Orchestra of Canada. He has attended the Aspen Music Festival under a fellowship, and has toured Canada with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada.

Zach is currently a 2nd year Master’s student at the Manhattan School of Music studying percussion performance in the Orchestra Performance program under the Avedis Zildjian Percussion Scholarship. He previously graduated summa cum laude from Northwestern University, earning a Bachelor’s of Music in Percussion Performance and a Bachelor’s of Arts in Communication Studies. His primary teachers include Chris Lamb, She-e Wu, Duncan Patton, and Kyle Zerna.

An avid chamber musician, Zach placed 2nd in the Percussion Ensemble division of the Italy Percussive Arts Society web contest with his quartet. In addition to orchestral percussion and timpani, Zach has experience playing and teaching drumset. He loves playing, teaching, and arranging.