Latest news: My string quartet, Road Trip, is one of six semifinalists in the London-based Villiers String Quartet's new music competition. Online voting is open until April 5. Please visit their website to watch their video of the first movement and vote.

Roger is an exciting and sophisticated young composer and a wonderful orchestrator. It will be fascinating to see how he develops over time.
Conductor Anne Manson

Lapidary orchestrations, formal clarity, and alluringly mercurial surface give his music a strong and personal profile.
Composer Robert Beaser

Rogers work shows an extraordinary ear for orchestral texture and dramatic tension.
Composer Derek Bermel

Roger Zare writes for orchestra like a real natural. It's a medium that seems to be in his blood.
Composer Christopher Rouse

Roger brings hope for the future of classical music a little closer to home.
Sarasota Herald Tribune