TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Brent J. Fisher, son of Marlene and Joseph Fisher of Den Mar Gardens, has earned a Master of Music in choral conducting and music education degrees from Florida State University with an overall grade-point average of 4.0.
Fisher has chosen to seek advanced degrees in these areas of music because he believes that the choral conductor must be an educator as well as a performer and must have a thorough knowledge of vocal pedagogy. During the summer of 2012, he traveled to London, England, where he completed his research and presented a conducting recital consisting of choral works by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Hogan, Britten, Whitacre and Mäntyjärvi. His thesis on performance practice of 21st century choral music gained superiorrecognition from the FSU College of Music and the Royal College of Music faculties. Fisher now plans to pursue the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in choral conducting.
His choral experience includes working with ages of all singers through university, public school, church and community choirs. He is currently choir director with the Cumberland Valley School District in Mechanicsburg, Pa. Brent has appeared as a guest conductor and lecturer in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida.
A 2008 magna cum laude graduate of Pennsylvania State University, Fisher earned a Bachelor of Science in choral music education degree and the Bachelor of Music in flute performance degree. He is a 2003 graduate of Mount Carmel Area Junior-Senior High School.