Zack Pitt-Smith has been performing in the Bay Area music scene for 15 years as a woodwinds multi-instrumentalist. Most significantly, Falso Baiano, his ensemble that plays Brazilian choro music, has performed at SF Jazz, Yoshi’s, and LA County Museum of Art. He currently teaches music in Oakland at a public middle school and teaches out of his studio in Berkeley. His passion for bringing music to his students earned him the recognition of 2013 Oakland Teacher of the Year.