Zach Carrasco

ZACH CARRASCO: VISUAL DESIGN

Zach Carrasco is a San Francisco Bay Area native who has become a full-time educator since living in Southern California. He has worked with numerous marching bands, drum corps, and indoor percussion ensembles as a designer, drill writer, choreographer, and visual marching/movement specialist. Graduating from California State University Long Beach, in 2017 with a Bachelor of Music degree in performance, has also allowed him to work as a freelance musician and private instructor. In 2023, Zach earned a Master’s in Education and a certified California Teaching Credential.

Zach currently serves on the visual staff at The Concord Blue Devils and RCC Indoor Percussion. He is the Visual Designer for Dark Sky Percussion and the Program Coordinator for the Vessel Drum and Bugle Corps. Zach also is the Visual Caption Head at Ruben S. Ayala HS (CA) and Fountain Valley HS (CA). Recently, he was the Visual Caption Head at the Blue Devils B Corps in 2017 and on the visual staff at The Sacramento Mandarins in 2018. Other ensembles Zach has worked with are: Pacific Crest (CA), POW Percussion (CA), IMPACT Percussion (WA), Vessel Indoor Percussion (CA), Motor City Percussion (MI), Lake Effect Percussion (MI), Velocity Independent (CA), UTRGV Percussion (TX), Blue Springs HS (MO), James Bowie HS (TX), Jenks HS (OK), James E. Taylor HS (TX), Lake Hamilton HS (AR), Katy HS (TX), North Mesquite HS (TX), Stratford HS (TX), Sullivan HS (MO), Eastwood HS (TX), Hanna HS (TX), Harrison HS (GA), Coronado HS (TX), S. H. Rider HS (TX), James Logan HS (CA), Homestead HS (CA), Etiwanda HS (CA), El Dorado HS (CA), Rowland HS (CA), and Sunny Hills HS (CA).

Zach’s performance background comes from the Concord Blue Devils in 2012-2015, Vanguard Winter Percussion in 2013 and RCC Indoor Percussion in 2016.

Zach lives in Chino, CA. This is Zach’s first year on the Dark Sky Design Team.