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Jeffery Zook has been a member of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) flute section since 1992. His formal musical studies began at the Interlochen Arts Academy and continued at the University of Michigan. In 1988, he received the coveted Recitalists’ Diploma from the Royal Academy of Music in London. His teachers include William Bennett, Trevor Wye, Judith Bentley, Jacqueline Hofto and former DSO piccoloist Clement Barone. A prizewinner in many competitions, including the National Flute Association Young Artists Competition and William Byrd National Concerto Competition in Flint, Michigan, Mr. Zook has also been the recipient of a grant from the National Endowment for the Advancement of the Arts. Mr. Zook made his soloist debut with the DSO as a senior in high school, performing Mozart’s Concerto in C for Flute and Harp with harpist Yolanda Kondonassis at Ford Auditorium in 1982. Twenty years later, with Maestro Neeme Järvi conducting, he took the stage at Orchestra Hall to perform Vivaldi’s Piccolo Concerto. Most recently he has performed solos with the Birmingham-Bloomfield, Grosse Pointe and Plymouth Symphonies and the Ann Arbor Pioneer High School Symphonic Band. From 2001–2007 he co-hosted a chamber music festival, “Concerts in the Barn at Applewood,” at his Ontario farm home in Dyer’s Bay with DSO Caroline Coade, violist, and Kerstin Allvin, harpist. In 2002, this group traveled and performed throughout Morocco and were featured on the nation’s television network. As a recording artist, Mr. Zook has recorded extensively for the Music Minus One label and is featured with DSO flutist Sharon Sparrow on the popular band method book: Do It! Play in Band. In 2002, he teamed up with harpist Kerstin Allvin to produce Comfort and Joy! A Musical Celebration of Holiday Music for Flute and Harp. He has taught at the University of Michigan and is currently on the faculty of Oakland University. He is also the current president of the Southeast Michigan Flute Association (SEMFA). Mr. Zook lives in Pleasant Ridge with his partner David Assemany, miniature pinscher Dexter and orange tabby Basil. They have named their renovated Dutch Colonial home “The Cambridge Conservatory” which has been host to the “Detroit Flute Connection” (a series of masterclasses with DSO flutist Sharon Sparrow), and several charity benefits (most recently for the Pleasant Ridge Foundation, the Volunteer Council of the DSO and the Royal Oak Animal Shelter). Mr. Zook performs on a 9K gold Muramatsu flute. |
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