FISCHER, WILLIAM S.

FISCHER, WILLIAM S. Composer (5 March 1935 in Shelby, Mississippi). He came from a musical family: his grandfather played in riverboat bands. He began piano study at the age of seven; six years later he began study of the saxophone. He obtained his musical education at Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana (B.S., 1956) and at Colorado College in Colorado Springs (M.A., 1962). His composition teachers included Clifford Richter, Albert Seay, and Gottfried von Einem, with whom he sudied...