Violin & Viola Instructor
Zachary Green began playing the viola his sophomore year at Dundee-Crown High School, working hard to make it to ILMEA state for both sophomore and senior years. After graduating in 2006, he took a gap year to study at the Northwestern Music Academy, at Northwestern University with Stacia Spencer. With her help and instruction, Zach was able to successfully audition to the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University.
Zach studied at the CCPA for two and a half years, with his primary instructor Lawrence Neuman of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. While at Roosevelt, he studied viola performance and chamber music, with chamber coaches Deborah Sobol, Shmuel Ashkenasi, and at Cassalmaggiore music festival in Italy with Roger Chase. After leaving the CCPA, Zach went on to study viola performance with Anthony DeVroye of the Avalon String Quartet at Northern Illinois University. At NIU, he continued to study chamber music as well, with the help of chamber coaches Mathias Tacke and Blaise Magneire. Additionally, he served as both section violist and vice principle violist with the LaSalle-Peru Symphony Orchestra, in LaSalle-Peru, Illinois. Zach also had the chance to study with Ann Montzka-Smelser for Suzuki teaching, from Every Child Can through Violin Book 6.
Graduating from NIU in 2014, Zach then continued his education in the field of luthiery and repairs studying with Has Jurgen Nebel, a prodigy in repairs and a pupil of Simon Sacconi of the Wurlitzer Foundation in New York.
Currently, Zach is pursuing full-time teaching for Violin and Viola of all ages and skill levels, and working towards a Master’s in Viola Performance from NIU. He was a concerto competition winner at NIU Spring of 2022.