Robert Fleisher (b. 1953, NYC) is a contributor to Theresa Sauer’s Notations 21 (2009) and the author of Twenty Israeli Composers (1997). His acoustic music has been praised as “eloquent” (Ann Arbor News), “lovely and emotional” (Musicworks), “astoundingly attractive” (Perspectives of New Music), and “ingenious” (The Strad); his electroacoustic work has been called “rich, tactile” and “endearingly low tech” (The New York Times). Fleisher’s works have been heard at Roulette, National Sawdust, National Opera Center, Symphony Space, and Weill Recital Hall (NYC); California Institute of the Arts; High Museum of Art (Atlanta, GA); and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts; at new music conferences and festivals throughout the United States and in a dozen other countries. His music also appears on Albany, Capstone, Centaur, Navona, Neuma, Petrichor, Phasma, PnOVA, Sarton, and SEAMUS labels. He has been awarded several artist residencies in the United States and abroad, and received support from the Illinois Arts Council and the Ruttenberg Arts Foundation. Fleisher earned his B.Mus. degree with honors at the University of Colorado, his M.M and D.M.A Composition degrees at the University of Illinois, studying with Ben Johnston, Salvatore Martirano, and Paul Zonn. He is Professor Emeritus at Northern Illinois University. societyofcomposers.org/members/robertfleisher