Abby Fisher is a versatile percussionist based in New York. She is very interested in performing and supporting continued growth of new music, and has expertise in contemporary, classical, and African (Ewe) percussion.
Recent notable performances include presenting Lawton Hall’s work All Your Thens for Now for vibraphone and speaking voice at a 2015 TEDx talk, performing at the 2016 New Music Gathering at the Peabody Institute, performing and teaching at the 2016 Festival Internacional de Músicas y Artes Sonoras Contemporáneas (Cuenca, Ecuador), winning the 2013 New York University Steinhardt Concerto Competition, performing at the 2011 and 2013 Percussive Arts Society International Conventions, and performing at the One World Gala at the opening of the Observatory Deck at One World Trade Center (NYC).
In 2016, Abby was a percussion performance fellow at the Bang on a Can Summer Festival. She is the Director of Operations for the nief-norf Contemporary Chamber Music Organization and Summer Music Festival (Knoxville, TN). Abby is an artist for the Heartland Marimba Quartet, and will be a faculty member for the 2017 Heartland Marimba Festival Academy (Stevens Point, WI).
Abby is pursuing her Doctorate in Musical Arts at Stony Brook University, where she studies with Eduardo Leandro and served as a teaching assistant for the ethnomusicology department. She received her Master of Music in Percussion Performance from NYU and Bachelor of Music in Percussion Performance from Lawrence University.
Abby is a Young Artist endorser for Vic Firth sticks and mallets.
Recent notable performances include presenting Lawton Hall’s work All Your Thens for Now for vibraphone and speaking voice at a 2015 TEDx talk, performing at the 2016 New Music Gathering at the Peabody Institute, performing and teaching at the 2016 Festival Internacional de Músicas y Artes Sonoras Contemporáneas (Cuenca, Ecuador), winning the 2013 New York University Steinhardt Concerto Competition, performing at the 2011 and 2013 Percussive Arts Society International Conventions, and performing at the One World Gala at the opening of the Observatory Deck at One World Trade Center (NYC).
In 2016, Abby was a percussion performance fellow at the Bang on a Can Summer Festival. She is the Director of Operations for the nief-norf Contemporary Chamber Music Organization and Summer Music Festival (Knoxville, TN). Abby is an artist for the Heartland Marimba Quartet, and will be a faculty member for the 2017 Heartland Marimba Festival Academy (Stevens Point, WI).
Abby is pursuing her Doctorate in Musical Arts at Stony Brook University, where she studies with Eduardo Leandro and served as a teaching assistant for the ethnomusicology department. She received her Master of Music in Percussion Performance from NYU and Bachelor of Music in Percussion Performance from Lawrence University.
Abby is a Young Artist endorser for Vic Firth sticks and mallets.
