Peter Fischer is Assistant Professor of Music at Texas Tech University, where he teaches theory, composition, and electronic music.  Prior to coming to Texas Tech University he taught for 8 years at Adams State College in Alamosa, Colorado.  While at Adams State College and with the help of a five-year Colorado Program of Excellence Grant, Dr. Fischer built state-of-the-art technology labs, computer music studios, recording facilities, and smart classrooms.  His works have been performed throughout the United States.  Recent compositions include a Violin Concerto; Sonata for Flute and Piano; Pélé’s Temple, for two pianos, clarinet, and mezzo-soprano; Rings of Crystalline Sky, a large work for solo piano; Let It Be Forgotten and Never Again for mixed choir; Barcarole, for mezzo-soprano and piano; The Windhover, for mezzo-soprano and tape; and Reykjavik Quintet, for solo viola and string quartet—performed by faculty from TTU and the University of Minnesota in Reykjavík, Iceland in May of 2005.  Dr. Fischer studied composition with Dinos Constantinides, Peter Hesterman, Mark Lee, Paul Haydn, and Jan Bach.  He studied electronic and computer music with Stephen David Beck.  He completed a DMA in Music Composition from Louisiana State University and holds degrees in Music and Literature/Communications from Benedictine University, and a Masters Degree in Music Composition from Eastern Illinois University.