Roger Zahab enjoys instigating fairly complex and unpredictable interactions through his activities as composer, violinist/violist, improvisor, conductor, teacher, and writer. He has fostered premieres of more than 200 works and his repertoire spans some 700 years - from Guillaume de Machaut to the present. Recent activities include editing primary and revised versions of Julia Perry’s Concerto for violin which he also gave the world premiere of in February 2022 and composing the flute concerto wild woods for Lindsey Goodman. Roger’s work as composer and improvisor is primarily focused on music’s place in society at large. His compositional output, written for anyone from young students to experienced new music specialists, numbers more than 400 works. Recordings of his activities are available from Albany, Crystal Records, Koch International Classics, Naxos, and Truemedia as well as through Bandcamp, iTunes, Spotify, and YouTube. He is Teaching Professor, Director of the Orchestra, and Director of Undergraduate Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, and a founding core faculty member and (currently, 2023) co-chair of the Master of Fine Arts in Music Composition program at the Vermont College of Fine Arts. www.rogerzahab.net