Zachary Paul Büchner (b. 1992) is an emerging composer and trumpeter based in the American Midwest.  Drawing on a variety of music styles, Zac’s music makes subtle formal and harmonic shifts between Germanic-Romanticism, Celtic New-Age, and Ambient Pop and Dance styles.  Apart from his writing, Zac plays trumpet as a part of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Wind Ensemble.
 
Zac’s degrees include a Bachelor of Arts in Music from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, where he studied Trumpet under Dr. David Cooper and Organ under Dr. Thomas Taylor Dickey.  He is currently pursuing a Master of Music in Composition at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he is studying under Dr. Tyler G. White.
 
Completed commissions include works for UW-Platteville faculty trio Ensemble 135, trumpeter Kevin Dolfin, bassoonist Samantha Johnson, and bassoonist Ashley Watkins.   Zac’s music has been performed by many Midwest and New England based musicians, including the University of Wisconsin-Platteville Symphony Orchestra, saxophonist Sean Garde, pianist, Laura Bee, flutist Stephanie Cooper, saxophonist Brittany Ackerman, and his piece Nachtbilder has been professionally recorded by the multi-talented Dr. Elaina Burns.  Currently, his projects include a sonata for bassoon and piano and a short chamber work for trumpet ensemble and organ, and his long-term projects include a Symphony for orchestra.