Praised by The Seattle Times for its "haunting melodies" and "delicate percussion work," Moon in the Bucket, based on the Japanese Noh play "Pining Wind," combines Early music style vocal harmonies, meditative harmonium drone, elegant Koto

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CLASSICAL: Contemporary, WORLD: World Fusion



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"Touches of pure dramatic genius" -Gramophone

"Provocative...effective and telling" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"Haunting in its simplicity" -Classics Today (which gave "The Passion of Saint Thomas More" a 10/10 rating).

"The music wonderfully combines and Early music style of vocal harmonies with meditative harmonium drone, elegant Koto (a Japanese zither-like instrument) and Taiko percussion, creating a unique sound reminiscent of English Madrigal and Japanese Court music...Fine storytelling and haunting melodies memorably bring to life a simple tale of two ghost-sisters who inhabit the pining wind on the shore." --New Classics


Unique among composers of his generation, Garrett Fisher (b. 1970) has a collaborative compositional style, working closely with singers and musicians around a theme as he writes his piece. Fisher He employs an array of instruments, including Indian harmonium, piano, electric guitar, Taiko percussion, oboe, oboe d'amore, English horn, and viola da gamba, as well as a variety of voices, from opera to pure tone sounds. has evolved his method to include the contributions of directors, choreographers, dramaturgs, designers and actor/dancers. His work, "The Passion of Saint Thomas More," was recently released on the BIS label to international acclaim.