Zack Browning writes music that is "way-cool in attitude" and "speed-demon music" as described by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The Irish Times proclaims he is "bringing together the procedures of high musical art with the taste of popular culture." Browning's recent CD Banjaxed on Capstone Records contains eight of his original compositions for voice, instruments and c omputer-generated sounds and has been called "dramatic, exciting, rhythmic, high-energy music." Composition awards have included a 2001 Illinois Arts Council Composer Fellowship and a 2002 Chamber Music America Commission. Recent performances include the Bonk Festival of New Music in Tampa, the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) Festival in Miami, the Spark Festival in Minneapolis, the University of Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival, and Gaudeamus Music Week in Amsterdam. Browning is an Associate Professor of Music Composition and Theory at the University of Illinois.