Singing City Children's Choir Director
Steven M. Fisher
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Steve Fisher
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Steve has been the Director of the Children’s Choir since 2005. He has a wealth of experience with children’s choirs and is recognized nationally and internationally for his work with young singers.
For seven years, Steve was the Assistant Music Director of the Philadelphia Boy’s Choir. He then went on to found his own boychoir, Keystone State Boychoir, which is celebrating its 10th Anniversary Season this year. With almost 200 boys between the ages of 8 and 18, the Boychoir is considered to be one of the finest, most successful community-based boychoir programs in the world. The Boychoir has sung with the region’s most esteemed music ensembles, including the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Opera Company of Philadelphia, for which the Boychoir serves as its official children’s choir. The Boychoir has performed internationally at the Manaus Opera House in Brazil, the Hanoi Opera House in Vietnam, and the Petronas Philharmonik Hall in Malaysia, as well as in venues throughout Alaska, Canada, South Africa, Japan, Thailand, Cambodia, Australia, Monaco, France, Germany, Austria, and Bulgaria. In December of 2009, the Boychoir made history as the first choir to sing in Antarctica. In doing so, the Boychoir also became the first choir to have sung on all seven continents. In February of 2010 the Boychoir made its ACDA debut at the Eastern Conference in Philadelpia to rave reviews.
Steve is also director of "FYI!" (Find Your Instrument!), the outreach program of the Keystone State Boychoir that offers a weekly singing opportunity to students of the School District of Philadelphia who otherwise would not have music as part of their school day. In addition to his work with Singing City Children’s Choir and the Keystone State Boychoir, Steve is music director and a founder of the New York Boychoir.Steve holds a bachelor’s degree in Music Education, as well as master’s degree in music from Temple University’s Esther Boyer College of Music. He studied conducting with Alan Harler, composition with Richard Broadhead, arranging with Alice Parker, and piano with Alexander Fiorello. In 1998, Temple University awarded him the prestigious Presser Foundation Award, which recognizes “a graduate student who has the potential to make an outstanding contribution in the music world.”
Steven resides in New York City. There, he pursues a career as a writer of musical theatre. His musical Mandela has been presented in New York, Johannesburg and at the Tony-award winning Crossroads Theatre. His family musical Isabelle and the Pretty-Ugly Spell received a rave review from the New York Times and had an extended run in New York after a successful run in Coral Cables, Florida.
Steve also is a composer of choral music. Hal Leonard published his song “Even,” a setting of the beloved poem “The Lanyard” by poet laureate Billy Collins. It is part of the Henry Leck Creative Artistry Series. Colla Voce has published a medley of South African songs arranged by Steve, with the help of his friends in the township of Galashewe outside the city of Kimberley. It is in Galashewe that Steve offers a summer program for American music educators, allowing them to immerse themselves in the vibrant South African choral tradition. Past teachers include Lynnel Joy Jenkins.