Profile:David Zaks

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Website: www.myspace.com/pianozaks

Background

David Zaks (b. 1992) resides in Hoboken, NJ. Music has been a part of his life since the age of seven. He studies jazz at the Wachovia Jazz for Teens program in Newark, NJ and classical piano at The Palisades School of Music in Fort Lee, NJ. He composes extensively.

Performances

Acton Jazz Cafe (Acton, MA), Cecil's Jazz Club (West Orange, NJ), Carnegie Hall, Holy Grounds Cafe (Allendale, NJ), Jazz Standard (NY), New Jersey Performing Arts Center (Newark, NJ), Park Performing Arts Center (Union City, NJ), Riverspace (Nyack, NY), Steinway Piano Gallery (Paramus, NJ), Trumpets Jazz Club (Montclair, NJ).

Awards

1st Place in the 14-year-old category of the New Jersey Music Teachers Association Young Musicians Competition (Princeton, NJ) 1st Prize Category in the Fifth Annual Russian Music Festival (NJ) 2nd Place in the Wagner Young Musicians Competition (Staten Island, NY) 3rd Place in the 15-year-old category of the New Jersey Music Teachers Association Young Musicians Competition

Compositions (partial list)

"Ain't No Time For Major Chords", "Aftermath", "Awakening", "Binghampton Suite", "Black Cat", "Chillin", "11:11" "Gray", "Guest" "I'm Fried","Independence Day Blues", "Lackin' Assignments", "Memorial Day", "Miami Blues", "Monday", "Old Memories", "Shape-Shifter", "Time for Fall", "The Robbery", "The Zoo", "Waiting For My Laundry", "Waltz in G-minor" and "What Do You Wanna Call It?".