2013 - 2014

Started learning the violin at 3 years old and made rapid progress in one year.

2014 – 2015 (Pre-School K4)

Concertmaster, Jamaica Debut Orchestra

2015 – 2016 (Rising K5)

Concertmaster, Jamaica Debut Orchestra

Principal 2nd Jamaica Youth Symphony Orchestra

2016 – 2017 (Rising 1st Grade)

Florida Youth Orchestra – Preparatory Orchestra (1st Violin Section) *Youngest in the history of the orchestra

Summer 2016

Full Scholarship Florida Youth Symphony Orchestra Summerfest *Trio & Intermediate Orchestra (Youngest in orchestra)

Summer 2019

Full Scholarship, Frost School of Music Camp at University of Miami - Advanced Division

Fall 2019 - 2020 (Grade 3)

Florida Youth Orchestra – Violin 1, Symphony Orchestra

Chosen for Encore Elite Performance Ensemble

Concertmaster of String Ensemble, French American School of Boca Raton

2017 – 2018 (Rising 2nd Grade)

Concertmaster, DC Youth Orchestra - Young Artist Orchestra (7 years old) Promoted to Assistant Principal, DC Youth Orchestra - Youth Philharmonic

Invited to join the Young Virtuosi, an elite performing group of DC Youth Orchestra that admits members by invitation only (Zara was the youngest member of the group)

Full Scholarship Recipient – DC Youth Orchestra Chamber Music Camp

2018 – 2019 (Rising 3rd Grade)

Placed 3rd in the MSMTA/ASTA String Festival in Maryland

NIH Community Orchestra • Brahms: Academic Festival Overture Violin 1 • Beethoven Symphony # 5: Entire Violin 1

Concertmaster, Federick Regional Youth Orchestra - Prelude Orchestra (Spring 2019)

YMIC Metropolitan Music Festival • HM Feder Memorial String Competition – Won Misbin Memorial Award

2020 - 2021

Full Scholarship, San Francisco Conservatory of Music (Pre-College) • Advanced Strings Class

2021 - 2022

Full Scholarship, Juilliard Preparatory Division

Assistant Concertmaster, Inter School Orchestra of New York – Top Orchestra

Summer 2022

Selected for Juilliard-funded European Tour – Chineke! Junior Orchestra

Admitted to Special Music School in New York – only 22 students selected from over 800 applicants

Summer 2022

Full Scholarship, Advanced Strings, Interlochen Arts Camp • Selected for Concerto Competition Finals – only 6 persons from over 3,000 applicants