Zach is a British composer who grew up in Buckinghamshire and has recently completed his PhD in composition with Guto Puw and Pwyll ap Siôn at Bangor University. His studies focussed on compositional techniques for enhancing personal reception in concert repertoire and creating atmospheres built upon a sense of melodic and harmonic unity, enhanced by intriguing rhythmic designs. Zach currently lives in Somerset where he teaches music and composition at Taunton School. Of his influences, the greatest have been late romanticism, post-minimalism, progressive rock and metal.