Zach Carrasco is a San Francisco Bay Area native who has become a full-time educator since living down in Southern California. He has worked with numerous marching bands, drum corps, and indoor percussion ensembles as a designer, drill writer, choreographer and as a visual marching/movement specialist. Graduating from California State University Long Beach, in 2017 with a Bachelor of Music degree in performance, has also allowed him to work as a freelance musician and private instructor. Zach is presently working towards a Master’s of Arts in Education, expected to graduate in 2022.

Zach currently serves on the visual staff at The Concord Blue Devils, RCC Indoor Percussion and is the Visual Designer for Vessel Percussion. He is also the Visual Caption Head at Ruben S. Ayala HS, Fountain Valley HS and Downey HS. Recently, he was the Visual Caption Head at the Blue Devils B Corps in 2017 and on the visual staff at The Sacramento Mandarins in 2018. Some other ensembles Zach has worked with are: POW Percussion (CA), Motor City Percussion (MI), Velocity Independent (CA), James Bowie HS (TX), James E. Taylor HS (TX), Harrison HS (GA), Coronado HS (TX), S. H. Rider HS (TX), James Logan HS (CA), Homestead HS (CA), Rowland HS (CA), and Sunny Hills HS (CA).

Zach’s performance background comes from the Concord Blue Devils in 2012-2015, Vanguard Winter Percussion in 2013 and RCC Indoor Percussion in 2016.

Zach lives in Fullerton, CA.