iCONNECT 2025

Zachary Preucil
iConnect Director/Faculty

Currently based in Madison, Wisconsin, Dr. Zachary Preucil serves as principal cellist of the La Crosse Symphony, maintains a multi-level private studio in Madison and online at the Virtu Academy program, co-directs the Farley’s Chamber Music Program, and is a faculty member at the Madison Cello Ensemble. He has served on the faculties of the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point, Carroll University, the Music Institute of Chicago, the Kanack School of Musical Artistry, Music for Youth of Arlington Heights, and the UW-Madison Community Music School, and is active as a performer and guest clinician throughout the midwest. Dr. Preucil holds a D.M.A. in Cello Performance with a minor in Arts Administration from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, an M.M. in Cello Performance and an Arts Leadership Certificate from the Eastman School of Music, and a B.M. in Cello Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music. His primary cello teachers have included Uri Vardi, David Ying, Yeesun Kim, and Walter Preucil; he also has registered training in the Suzuki Cello Method with Dr. Tanya Carey, Jean Dexter, and Rick Mooney, and completed teacher trainer certification in the Creative Ability Development improvisation method with Alice Kanack.

iCONNECT FACULTY

Adalus Low-Manzini is an emerging Venezuelan cellist and teaching artist based in Cincinnati, OH, pursuing an Artist Diploma in Cello Performance at the University of Cincinnati. Passionate about creating educational music content and arts administration, she serves as Social Media Director and Co-Director of Operations for the International Cello Institute, and occasionally collaborates with content creation for Strings of Latin America (SOLA) and Center Stage Strings. Adalus is dedicated to advocating for new compositions, particularly by Latin American and women composers. She regularly commissions works for both solo cello, and for her ensemble, Trío Líneas. Adalus began her musical journey in "El Sistema," performing with renowned maestros like Gustavo Dudamel and Sir Simon Rattle. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Louisiana State University and a Master’s and Specialist’s degree from the University of Michigan. Adalus has soloed with orchestras all around Venezuela, as well as in Louisiana and Michigan.

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Meghan grew up in Minneapolis Minnesota , and started playing the cello at age three. She performed for Yo-Yo Ma when she was fourteen years old and made her solo debut with the Minnesota Orchestra a year later. She has participated at the Aspen Music Festival and the Castleman Quartet Program, and spent multiple summers at Madeline Island Music Camp. Meghan studied with Bonnie Hampton at The San Francisco Conservatory, and with Lubomir Georgiev at The Florida State University, School of Music. She has played with the Atlanta Symphony, Opera, and Ballet Orchestras and has collaborated with members of the Atlanta Symphony on numerous occasions. In addition to performing throughout the Twin Cities, Meghan is an experienced coach, clinician, adjudicator, and private instructor, and was the orchestra teacher at Visitation School in St. Paul from 2017-2023.