Robert Fleisher’s music has been heard throughout the United States and in more than a dozen other countries and appears on more than a dozen record labels. Fleisher's acoustic music has been called “eloquent” (Ann Arbor News), “lovely and emotional” (Musicworks), “ingenious” (The Strad), and praised for its “astoundingly attractive sonorities” (Perspectives of New Music). His electroacoustic works have been described as “fascinating” (Fanfare), “endearingly low-tech” and possessing “a rich, tactile texture” (New York Times). Fleisher’s scores have been exhibited in the U.S., France, and the Netherlands. Awarded several artist residencies in the U.S. and abroad, he has also received support from the Illinois Arts Council and the Ruttenberg Arts Foundation. The author of Twenty Israeli Composers (1997), he is also a contributing composer and essayist in Theresa Sauer’s Notations 21 (2009). Fleisher continues composing and receiving performances (most recently in Chicago, NYC, SF, and Switzerland) and recordings (on Phasma-Music, SkyDeck, Space Bear, and North/South) and has recently produced and released two Neuma CDs--"ILTA" and "Composing Israel." A NYC native, Fleisher attended the H.S. of Music and Art, graduated with honors from the University of Colorado and earned his M.M. and D.M.A. degrees at the University of Illinois studying composition with Ben Johnston, Salvatore Martirano, and Paul Zonn. He is Professor Emeritus at Northern Illinois University.