Bobby Fisher

Bobby Fisher is a liturgical musician, recording artist, songwriter, composer, author, actor, and clinician. He is currently director of music ministries at St. Agnes Parish in Fort Wright, Kentucky. He lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with his wife, Tarri, and two children, Zachary and Serenity. In college he majored in classical guitar and music theory at The College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati. Bobby performed for eight years with The Fountain Square Fools, a portable Christian theater company, which traveled throughout the United States and Canada. Since 1988 he has served as program coordinator for the national NPM Guitar Schools. He travels extensively as a presenter of liturgical music workshops, musician retreats, and concerts. Bobby has recorded six collections for GIA Publications, which include four instrumental collections, Play before God, Season of Peace, Waiting for the Light, and Catholic Classics, Vol. III; a children's collection entitled Hymns and Hers for Happy Hearts; and a general liturgical collection entitled One Breath. Bobby has also composed and recorded music for several meditation collections in collaboration with Michael Sparough and Betsey Beckman, published by St. Anthony Messenger Press. Among these are The Body at Prayer Vols. I and II, Gesture and Posture, Senses and Symbols, Full Body Blessing, and Treasures from the Heart. Additionally for St. Anthony Messenger he has composed, arranged, and produced music for a number of "Catholic Update" videos. He is the author of The Pastoral Guitarist, a book and tape designed specifically for liturgical guitarists, published by GIA Publications, and he also has a series of instructional videos for liturgical guitarists entitled The Liturgical Guitarist. The other side of Bobby's professional life involves his work as a studio musician and music producer.

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