Composer, teacher and conductor William A. Fletcher can trace his fascination with music to a specific event: a free concert given by a then-new duo, Simon and Garfunkel, when he was 12 years old. He took up guitar that very week, and joyfully played it all day, every day for the next 15 years…

Fletcher is choirmaster and music theory teacher at St. Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire. As music director of the Concord Chorale, a 75-voice auditioned community chorus, he led tours of France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Ireland, Canada and (what was then) Czechoslovakia. Additionally, he was a founding member, singer and pandorist with The Goodmorrow Consort, a group that performed Elizabethan broken consort music on period instruments.

An ardent supporter of new music, he has conducted the premieres of works by Michael Annicchiarico, Gwyneth Walker, Augusta Read Thomas, James Grant, Robert Powell, Marilyn Ziffrin,  Petr Reznícek and Henryk Górecki, among others.

He has fulfilled commissions from the Christa MacAuliffe Planetarium, The Concord Community Music School, The Concord Chorale, The Infinities Ensemble, The Larksong Trio, and St. Paul’s School, as well as from performers Peggo Horstmann Hodes, Peggy Senter, Katie Lyon-Pingree, Mark Andrew Cleveland, Gregg Pauley and Jean Benson.

At home in the studio, Fletcher has produced recordings for Steve Schuch, The Night Heron Consort, Wellspring, femme m’amie, Peggo & Paul, St. Paul’s School, Lucy Chapin, Johnny Nicholson, and soprano Holly Outwin-Tepe, among others.

In addition to his musical activities, he is also known as a portrait painter and graphic artist/web designer. He lives in New Hampshire with his wife, Margaret, and their three daughters. His website is www.williamafletcher.com.

And he still plays guitar, with The Fletchtones.

Albums

The PARMA Sessions: Karolina Rojahn

Release Date: August 1, 2013
Catalog Number: NV5925
21st Century
Chamber
Solo Instrumental
Orchestra
Piano
Piano Trio
THE PARMA SESSIONS: KAROLINA ROJAHN presents a series of recordings featuring longtime PARMA collaborator and pianist Karolina Rojahn. Showcasing the artist's skill, adaptability, and dedication, this digital compilation features Rojahn performing works by a diverse set of composers with myriad influences and styles.

Slices

Release Date: July 1, 2012
Catalog Number: NV5874
21st Century
Chamber
Solo Instrumental
Piano
Violin
Wind Ensemble
Who says eclecticism isn't a wonderful thing? Certainly not us at Navona Records. SLICES is a carefully handpicked selection of new chamber works by contemporary composers designed to showcase the diversity of modern music-making, and these pieces by Sundin, Bakker, Sainsbury, Rusnak, Beeler, and Burns cut right through the oft-repeated misconception that classical music is dead on the vine.

Claviatures

Release Date: October 1, 2011
Catalog Number: NV5864
21st Century
Chamber
Solo Instrumental
Clarinet
Piano
Violin
CLAVIATURES is a collection of new works for piano and chamber ensemble from contemporary composers. These works by Asherov-Kalus, Scully, Tribble, Fletcher, Nagorcka, and Stölzel explore the notions of being human and observing the world around us with reflection, curiosity, and appreciation. This recording contains eight original and inspired pieces performed with talent and panache by musicians from around the world: pianists Karolina Rojahn, Lukáš Klánský, and Robert Pherigo; violinists Ondrej Lébr and Ann Marie-Brown; violist Neil Casey; clarinetist Doug Graham; flutist Lisa Hennessey; and cellist Lawrence Figg.