Known for its unique ability to conjure austerely sensual worlds, the Fisher Ensemble is a Seattle-based performance troupe led by composer Garrett Fisher. The Ensemble's eclectic mix of vocalists, movers, actors and musicians harness ritual and myth to bridge ancient and modern forms.

Considered to be "a star of Seattle's new music scene" by The New Yorker, Garrett Fisher grew up in Michigan and Maine, and as part his parents' sabbaticals, lived in Istanbul, London and Paris. He studied at Oberlin College and Conservatory, and in 1995 he moved to Seattle, where he formed the Fisher Ensemble and studied classical Indian singing with Shujaat Khan.

With frequent collaborators Christy Fisher, AC Petersen, Ken Cerniglia, and Louise McCagg, the Fisher Ensemble has created several performance pieces that have been presented at The Chapel, Consolidated Works, the Nippon Kan Theater, and On the Boards in Seattle, WA; HERE Arts Center and Judson Memorial Church in New York City; and several venues in between.

Highlights of the last ten years include the release of The Passion of Saint Thomas More on BIS, which is included in the label's 30-CD/30-year commemorative edition, and the production of Psyche designated "Best of '08" by The Seattle Magazine.

Garrett Fisher and the Ensemble have received support from 4culture, the Allied Arts Foundation, the ASCAP Foundation/Morton Gould Young Composer Award, Bossack Heilbron Foundation, Centrum Arts Colony, City Artists, the King County Arts Commission, Puffin Foundation, the Seattle Arts Commission and the Wiggly World Foundation.

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