On Friday, August 19, at 7:30, the Salisbury Summer Performance Series is delighted to host a concert by talented Middlebury pianist Zachariah Burrows. Zachariah (18), who has been playing the piano for 13 years, enjoys a multitude of genres and often blends classical, jazz, and improv, as witnessed by the fact that he will be playing music by Schubert, Beethoven, Gershwin and the Beatles.

In addition to solo piano and ensemble experiences, Zachariah accompanies musicals, auditions and concerts for local high school students, and occasionally plays for church services. When not occupied with concerts and auditions, Zachariah participates in several informal Middlebury-based youth ensembles, including a jazz trio and a rock band. In addition to the piano, Zachariah plays the flute, piccolo, and saxophone, and composes original music for these (and other) instruments. He is also a virtuosic whistler!

He has earned a number of awards and honors for piano performance and composition in recent years, including for the Vermont All State Music Festival: Jazz Pianist (2020, 2021, 2022), Piano Scholarship (2020, 2021, 2022), and Composition Scholarship (2021). In 2022, Zachariah was honored to be chosen among top musicians from the New England region to perform as piano soloist at the All New England Music Festival where he played the Preludes by George Gershwin. He graduated from Middlebury Union High School in June of this year and will be attending Oberlin College and Conservatory in the fall. This is an opportunity to witness this talented young musician before he departs to pursue the next stage in his musical career.

We request that you wear a mask unless you have been fully vaccinated, and we welcome those who prefer to remain masked even though they are fully inoculated.

This will be the seventh of eight concerts in Salisbury's forty-second Summer Performance Series, which will run through August 25 at the historic, but handicapped accessible, 1838 meetinghouse in Salisbury Village. There is no admission charge; a free-will donation in support of the series will be appreciated.