Zachary Merkovsky (bass) maintains an active freelance and teaching career in and around the NYC metro area. He is a member of the Allentown Symphony Orchestra and the York Symphony Orchestra, and often plays with the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra, The Syracuse Orchestra, Pegasus: The Orchestra, the Albany Symphony Orchestra, and the New York Classical Players, among others. Zachary is also devoted to contemporary and chamber music. He is one half of Doubles Duo, where he and Jillian Honn work to broaden the chamber repertoire for oboe and double bass. Zachary has spent three summers with the Lucerne Contemporary Festival Orchestra, and four at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival as a guest artist. He holds degrees from Yale School of Music, Manhattan School of Music, and Montclair State University.