A native of LaGrange, NY, Zachariah Galatis graduated summa cum laude with performance honors from the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam, studying with Kenneth Andrews, former assistant principal flutist with the Montreal Symphony.  In 2009, Zach won first place in the Mid-Atlantic Young Artist Piccolo Competition, and was a winner of the 2009 National Flute Association Piccolo Masterclass Competition.  Zach completed his Master's of Music in 2010 at Peabody Conservatory, studying with the Baltimore Symphony's Solo Piccolo, Laurie Sokoloff, and the BSO's Principal Flutist, Emily Skala.  He has performed with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra under Marin Alsop, the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, and serves as frequent substitute for various orchestras in the area.  In the summer of 2010 he performed with the National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic in College Park, MD, and for the summer of 2011, Zach was awarded the Piccolo Fellowship at the Aspen Music Festival, studying with Nadine Asin.  Zach is currently pursuing the Doctorate of Musical Arts degree at Peabody under the tutelage of world-renowned soloist Marina Piccinini.