Zach Sheets (b. 1991) enjoys a multi-faceted career as a chamber musician, orchestral flutist, composer/performer, and advocate for funding in the arts and music education.

Zach has appeared as guest Principal Flute with the Boston Ballet and Spoleto Festival USA; the Portland, Albany and Cape Symphonies; and the Phoenix, Unitas, and Cape Cod Chamber Orchestras; and as a guest of the Boston Pops, Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, Rhode Island Philharmonic, Oklahoma City Philharmonic, and New World Symphony. At age 23, Zach was named Principal Flute, Lorusso Chair, of the Cape Symphony Orchestra, and held that role for 9 seasons. Solo and chamber appearances have been presented by the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, First Mondays at Jordan Hall, the Spoleto Festival’s “Music in Time”, and the Boston Symphony's "Music for the Senses" series. 

He is a founding member of the [Switch~ Ensemble] and flute & piano Duo Axis, with whom he has premiered over 50 new works and been a musician in residence at Harvard, Cornell, Brown, University of Chicago, Ithaca, Cal Berkeley, UC San Diego, and many more. 

Festival engagements include performances at the Spoleto (USA), Aldeburgh (UK), Cabrillo (USA), Royaumont (FR), Britten-Pears (UK), TIME:SPANS (USA), ManiFeste@IRCAM (FR), Klangspuren (AUT), SinusTON (GER), CulturaUNAM (MEX), and June in Buffalo (USA) Festivals. 

Zach lives in Boston and works as a freelance musician. By day, he is the Chief Advancement Officer at Community Music Center of Boston. There, he leads a team of ten, overseeing a $20 million capital campaign for music in the public schools. A persuasive advocate for youth-led artistic projects, arts-sector workforce development, and the importance of equitable, community-based arts education, he has spoken before the Massachusetts Legislature, Mass Cultural Council, National Guild for Community Arts Education, Chamber Music America, and many more. MM & Performer’s Certificate, Eastman School of Music; BA, Harvard College.