Zach Collins Receives Distinguished Faculty Award

Excerpted from a news story in The Indiana Gazette

Four Indiana University of Pennsylvania faculty members have been selected for the 2015 University Senate Distinguished Faculty Awards. Since 1969, IUP has presented these awards to honor faculty members who make significant contributions to the university. Dr. Zach Collins is one of the winners of this prestigious award. Collins is an active musician as a performer and composer. In addition to performing on the IUP campus, he has recently appeared as a soloist with the Johnstown Symphony Orchestra and the IUP Wind Ensemble as well as in solo recitals at the International Tuba Euphonium Conference (ITEC - 2010, 2014), the South Central Regional Tuba Conference (2010), and the Northeast Regional Tuba Euphonium Conference (NERTEC -
2011, 2013, 2015). He is also active as an orchestral and chamber musician throughout Pennsylvania and neighboring states. As a composer, Collins has several of his compositions for brass instruments published by Cimarron Music Press and Eighth Note Publications. His compositions have been performed by various collegiate ensembles at conferences including the Southeast Regional Tuba Conference, NERTEC, and ITEC.