Originally from the Buffalo, NY area, Zachary Levi lives in Selinsgrove, PA with his wife, Johanna and their two sons, Samuel and Owen and, for the past 15 years, has worked as a cellist, conductor, and music educator in the Central PA region. In the Fall of 2022, Dr. Levi was appointed to the post of Assistant Professor Director of Orchestra at Susquehanna University, after 15 wonderful years of teaching orchestra in the Southern York County School District. As a conductor, Dr. Levi’s posts have included guest conductor of Newark (DE) Symphony, Music Director and Conductor of the York College Orchestra, and Conductor of Center Stage Opera in Harrisburg. He is currently the director of the Allegretto
Orchestra which is the top tier ensemble of Allegro’s Youth Orchestra Program. Guest conducting appearances have included the Central PA Symphony, Hunt Valley Symphony Orchestra, The York Chamber Players at York College, and numerous youth honors orchestras throughout Pennsylvania and New York. In 2019, Dr. Levi earned his Doctorate of Musical Arts in Orchestral Conducting at Catholic University of America where he studied with Simeone Tartaglione and Murry Sidlin.

As a cellist, Zachary Levi remains active performing with the Susquehanna University Faculty Piano Trio and String Quartet, as well as a member of the York Symphony, Allegro Chamber Orchestra, and Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra. He has performed in the cello
sections with Albany Symphony, Binghamton Philharmonic, Cayuga Chamber Orchestra and the New World Symphony. Dr. Levi received his Master of Music through studies at the University of Akron where he studied with Michael Haber and the University of Cincinnati –
College Conservatory of Music where he studied Lee Fiser. His Bachelor of Music was earned at Ithaca College where he studied with Elizabeth Simkin. He has performed in master classes for David Ying, Steven Doane, Paul Katz, and Yo-yo Ma.