COMPOSER

PRODUCER

SONGWRITER

Genre-Defying Music

Songs

Instrumental

Film

About Me

Zachary Catron headshot

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ZACHARY CATRON (he/him) is an award-winning composer, lyricist, and performer. New York City premieres include: the ballet Training in Love (Rovaco Dance Company), incidental music for Fuente Ovejuna: A Disloyal Adaptation (The New School for Drama), the chamber operas Tin Man and The Walt Whitmans of Fort Greene Park (NYU/AOP Opera Labs), and the full-length musical The Battle, Not the War. The Battle, Not the War received its concert premiere at Feinstein’s/54 Below in June 2019 as part of NYC WorldPride, commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots.

Catron received his off-off- and off-Broadway songwriting debuts in the Spring of 2022 with WAR STORIES at The Tank NYC, and Village Songs at the Rattlestick Theater (in collaboration with the Tenement Museum). He has recently composed for film and TV, including the indie film La Dame de Monte-Carlo (Arthouse Film Festival 2021 Official Selection) and an unannounced TV animation pilot.

A composer of many styles, Catron released his first J-pop single, “Tokimeki (Heart Pounding)”, as part of the East-Meets-West project, with lyrics by Momo Akashi and vocals by Joo Won Shin (Squid Game). Currently in development are his Carnatic-Western-fusion musical epic, Sati: Goddess Incarnate with librettist Vaibu Mohan and Slow Down with Momo Akashi. With Vaibu Mohan, Catron was the recipient of the Fall 2024 Songbyrd Demo Fund. Catron has performed at Lincoln Center, Studio 54, Carnegie Hall, and the Kennedy Center; and he was a pianist for Brooklyn Youth Chorus between 2017 and 2022. By day, he works at Roundabout Theatre Company, fundraising for their education programs.

In May 2022, Catron received his M.F.A. from the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. He is a member of ASCAP.

What I Do

narrative composition, sonic world building, research, sheet music preparation, demo production, music direction

Scoring for Stage and Screen

composition, orchestration and arrangement, music direction, limited recording, demo production

Music Production

music composition, lyric writing, sheet music preparation

Songwriting

sheet music preparation, demo production

Orchestration and Arranging

transpositions, score and part preparation, score cleanup, XML file transfers

Transcriptions and Copy Work

curated connections to world-class professional musicians and writers, and rehearsal/performance coordination

Artist Contracting

Switching to Dorico?

I began my compositional and copyist journey in Finale until I switched to Dorico in 2019. Since then, I have published scores for orchestra, musical theatre, and more. With MakeMusic’s recent announcement to sunset Finale on August 26, 2025, I am available for Dorico walkthroughs, introductory lessons, file transitions, and more. I am happy to tailor any lesson or file transfers to your exact needs.

  • Lessons on using Dorico and/or importing files from Finale: $60/hr or $35/30 minutes.

  • Copy work or file transfers: project rate (please reach out for more information)

Please reach out at zachary.f.catron@gmail.com or on Instagram @zachary.f.catron!

A sample of my recent scores made with Dorico (click to view fullscreen)

Contact Me!

Whether you’re embarking on a new project or searching for the final piece in your musical puzzle, I’d love to collaborate with you.