He was a long-standing Dean of Faculty of the American Conservatory of Music and organist for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for 22 years.
[2] After being appointed to teach at the American Conservatory of Music in 1928, Fischer also studied with Boulanger in Paris in 1931 and with Kodály in Budapest in 1936.
[5] His works were favorable reviewed by notable critics such as the Chicago Tribune's "fearsome" Claudia Cassidy.
[3] He frequently volunteered his professional skills as a conductor, composer, and organist to local charities.
[9] For example, he composed one of his works "Orchestral Adventures of a Little Tune" for the CSO's 1974–75 Petites Promenades Concert Series for Young People,[12][13][9] conducted by Henry Mazer.