Zachary Pulse
Degrees & Studies
Zach holds degrees from the Chicago College of Performing Arts, the University of Michigan, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He recently joined the teaching faculty at Music Conservatory of Westchester in White Plains, NY and currently serves as Vice President of the Board of Directors for the Howland Chamber Music Circle in Beacon, NY. As a complement to his musical life, Zach enjoys fitness, vegetarian cooking, gardening, and hiking with his rescue dogs.
Division
Oboe
Music Conservatory of Westchester
Faculty since 2026
Performances & Distinctions
Zachary Pulse is an oboist based in New York’s Hudson Valley. Orchestral engagements this season include Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Q, The Caroga Arts Collective, Harrisburg Symphony, the Hudson Valley Symphony Orchestra, and The Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra. Highlight chamber music performances in 2025-2026 include venues such as Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall; the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall; the Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, NY; Atwood Museum, Chatham, MA; and the Chapel Restoration, Cold Spring, NY.
Zach has presented chamber music concerts across the U.S. and Europe with a wide range of ensembles, earning him several awards, including Grand Prize at the Plowman Chamber Music Competition in 2015. A champion of new music and working with living composers, Zach has commissioned several works that exhibit the oboe and the voice. His duo, So Much Hot Air — with mezzo-soprano, Jennifer Beattie — were artists-in-residence with the Yale College Composition Seminar in Fall 2023.
