Andrew Zaharis joins the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra/Washington National Opera Orchestra at the start of their 2025-26 Season as Second and Assistant Principal Trombone. He has also performed with the Utah Symphony, in which he was the Acting Second Trombonist for their 2023-2024 Season.

Andrew is currently finishing his Bachelor of Music Degree at the Juilliard School, where he studies under Joseph Alessi, Principal Trombone of the New York Philharmonic. As a student, he was a member of the National Repertory Orchestra during the summer of 2025. He also spent two summers at the Music Academy of the West in 2023 and 2024, where he studied under Mark Lawrence and Weston Sprott. In 2024, he was the winner of the International Trombone Association’s Lewis Van Haney Competition. Andrew was also a part of the S.E. Shires Rising Artist Program from 2021-2024, a program for young musicians who play S.E. Shires Instruments.

Before attending the Juilliard School, Andrew grew up in Roanoke, Texas, where he began to play trombone at age 10. In high school, he was a member of the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra, as well as a member of the National Youth Orchestra during the summer of 2021. As a part of these ensembles, he grew a love for playing orchestral music and a desire to pursue orchestral performance as a career.

When not playing trombone, Andrew enjoys to run, read, and ski during the winter months.