[1] Currently a resident of Norfolk, Virginia, in addition to his continuing performance activities Zentz also serves an instructor for the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT); and is a program developer and leader for Elderhostel along the Intracoastal Waterway.
[1] Beginning in 1966, Zentz began two years serving as a sonar man in the U.S. Coast Guard, aboard the high-endurance cutter CGC Sebago.
After the show was cancelled, Zentz remained in Los Angeles, teaching guitar at Long Beach City College and continuing to perform and write.
"[1] Following the 1971 San Fernando earthquake, Zentz returned to Norfolk where he created Ramblin' Conrad’s Guitar Shop & Folklore Center.
[1][2] Ramblin' Conrad’s Guitar Shop & Folklore Center became the hub for folk music and culture in Hampton Roads for 23 years before closing in 1995.
In 2004, Zentz was a featured U.S. artist at the Australian National Folk Festival in Canberra and performed in Auckland and Wellington for the New Zealand Maritime Museums.
Since that time Zentz has also been a regular member of the faculty each summer at Common Ground on the Hill, held at McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland.
[1] In 2004, profiled on the public television program, Virginia Currents in recognition of his contributions to music and the community, at home and abroad.