Robert Fleisher
Robert Jay Fleisher (* 1953 in New York City ) is an American composer and music teacher.
Fleisher attended the High School of Music and Art in New York, studied composition at the University of Colorado and with Salvatore Martirano, Ben Johnston and Paul Martin Zonn at the University of Illinois . He has received scholarships from Yaddo , the Millay Colony , the Virginia Center , the Hambidge Center , the Montalvo Center, and Mishkenot Sha'ananim . Until 2014 he taught as a professor of composition and music theory at Northern Illinois University .
He published the book Twenty Israeli Composers in 1997 (new edition 2018) and contributed essays and compositions to Theresa Sauer's anthology Notations 21 (2009). Except in the USA his works were u. a. in Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Taiwan and Great Britain and at festivals such as the Noise Floor Festival at Staffordshire University , the CHAT Digital Arts Festival at the University of North Carolina , the New Music Festival at the University of Central Missouri and the National Conference of the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States .
Web links
- Vox Novus - Robert Fleisher
- Northern Illinois University School of Music - Robert Fleisher
- Wayne State University Press - Twenty Israeli Composers
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b biography at: Vox Novus
- ↑ Life and work at: Society of Composers
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fleisher, Robert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fleisher, Robert Jay |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |