THEATRE & oPERA

SATI: GODDESS INCARNATE (2023)

Book & Lyrics by Vaibu Mohan | Music by Zachary Catron | More Info

Stage musical + Bharatanatyam dance piece, c. 2 hr 15 min with intermission

The Walt Whitmans of Fort Green Park (2023)

Libretto by Peyton Marion | Music by Zachary Catron | More Info

Chamber opera buffa for bass-baritone, baritone, countertenor, and soprano | 30’

Part of POETS OF NEW YORK, NYU Tisch/American Opera Project’s 2023 Opera Lab

This piece is a contemporary opera buffa that explores Walt Whiman’s legacy, hero worship, and what lengths people are willing to go to for an extra buck.

First Performance: NYU Shubert Theatre, May 25-26, 2023

War STories (2022)

Written by Marthe Rachel Golde | Directed by Christina Roussos | Original music by Zachary Catron

Play with music

First Performance: The Tank NYC, May 20 - June 12, 2022

TIN MAN (2022)

Libretto by Jessie Field | Music by Zachary Catron | More Info

Chamber opera for baritone, tenor, and mezzo-soprano | 18’

Part of LOSING CONTROL, NYU Tisch/American Opera Project’s 2022 Opera Lab

BENT (2022)

Written by Martin Sherman | Directed by Stephen Catron | Original music by Zachary Catron

Play with music

First Performance: Chester Theatre Group, September 8-11, 2022

THE BATTLE, NOT THE WAR (2019)

Book, Music, & Lyrics by Zachary Catron | More Info

Stage musical, c. 1 hr 45 min with intermission

FUENTE OVEJUNA: A DISLOYAL ADAPTATION (2019)

Written by Cusi Cram, from the play by Lope De Vega | Directed by Christina Roussos | Original music by Zachary Catron

Play with music

First Performance: The New School for Drama, October 17-19, 2019

SONGS

TOKIMEKI (Heart Pounding) (2022)

Lyrics by Momo Akashi | Music by Zachary Catron | Vocals by Joo Won Shin | Recorded at Feverdream Studios

Dear Satan (Not Santa) (2022)

Lyrics by Vaibu Mohan | Music by Zachary Catron

Commissioned by John Znidarsic for The Broadway’s Future Songbook, HOLIDAY SONGBOOK

First Performance: Vaibu Mohan, Zachary Catron, Lincoln Center, November 28, 2022

The Perfect System (2019)

Music & Lyrics by Zachary Catron | Inspired by the life of Nikola Tesla

First Performance: Zachary Catron, Jihwan Yoon, Mannes School of Music, April 26, 2019

But Not Yet (2018)

Lyrics by Lauren Gundrum | Music by Zachary Catron | Written as part of the NYMF Songwriting Workshop

First Performance: Samantha Rhea Parrish, Larry Owens, Zachary Catron, The Green Room 42, August 2018

The Cold Wind (2016)

Text from “November” by Walter de la Mare | Music by Zachary Catron | Winner Harmonium Choral Society High School Choral Composition Contest 2016

First Performance: Harmonium Choral Society, dir. Dr. Anne J. Matlack, Grace Episcopal Church, June 2016

Fire Unfelt (2015)

Text from “Earth Grown Old, Yet Still So Green” by Christina Rossetti | Music by Zachary Catron | Winner Harmonium Choral Society High School Choral Composition Contest 2015

First Performance: Harmonium Choral Society, dir. Dr. Anne J. Matlack, Grace Episcopal Church, June 2015

FILM

La Dame de Monte Carlo (2021)

Directed by Jennifer Shadd | Produced by MAD SCENE Productions |Score by Zachary Catron

CHAMBER MUSIC

REFLECTIONS/INFLECTIONS (2023)

For piano, violin, and electronics | 6’45”

Lessons Learned (2019, rev. 2020)

For string quartet | 5’45”

Dedicated to Missy Mazzoli, written for the JACK Quartet

First Performance: JACK Quartet (Christopher Otto, Austin Wulliman, John Pickford Richards, and Jay Campbell), Mannes School of Music, November 26, 2019

Growing Pains (2019)

For three clarinets and piano | 6’15”

Commissioned by Francesca Gray

First Performance: Francesca Gray, Scott Chiu, Jeon Youngwoo, clarinets; Jihwan Yoon, piano; Mannes School of Music, October 29, 2019

the kiss that i wish was my first kiss (2018)

For two pianos | 9’

First Performance: Quinton Nennig and Zachary Catron, pianos; Mannes School of Music, April 23, 2018

For Mills and the Rest (2017)

For pierrot + percussion | 10’

First Performance: Anni Yu, violin; Jackie Traish, flute/piccolo; Jeremiah Adriano, clarinet; Lora Al-Ahmad, piano; Riley Palmer, percussion; Julie Kim, violoncello; Mannes School of Music, December 14, 2017