DEBORAH BISH, Assistant Professor of Clarinet, came to Florida State University in 2001 from Henderson State University, where she served as professor of clarinet. She has performed with orchestras throughout the United States including the Arizona Opera (most notably in a production of The Ring Cycle), the Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra with Jeffrey Siegel, the Phoenix Symphony, the North Carolina Symphony, and the Arkansas Symphony.

Bish is also an active clinician, most recently hosting the second annual Arkansas Clarinet Symposium in 2001. She is an avid performer of 20th century works, and is currently working on a biography of clarinetist and composer William O. Smith. She holds degrees from Arizona State University and Florida State University.