Composer/ flutist Frederic Glesser (b. 1956) grew up near Toledo, Ohio, where his early musical influences were rock, jazz, and music of the Baroque era. He studied jazz with Gene Parker and had flute studies with Kay Hartsfeld. He was later educated at Kent State University (BMus) in Ohio where he studied composition with James Waters and David Stewart, and studied flute with Raymond DeMattia and Maurice Sharp (former principal flutist, Cleveland Orchestra). His graduate studies where undertaken at the University of Miami (MMus) in Florida where he studied composition with Dennis Kam. Glesser has also been artist-in-residence at the Atlantic Center for the Arts with Pulitzer Prize-winner Donald Martino. 

Glesser's music has been presented at conferences, festivals, radio broadcasts, and other concert events throughout the U.S., Canada, Eastern Europe, Germany, Argentina, and Brazil. Included among the many performers who have presented his music are artists and groups such as Max Lifchitz, Kathleen Supové, North/South Consonance, Luis Gómez-Imbert, Ingrid Gordon, duo Ahlert-Schwab, Michael Linville (of the New World Symphony), Ibis Camerata, The Florida Symphony, The Akron Youth Symphony, The Canton Youth Orchestra, The Wooster Symphony, and The Glass Orchestra. His compositions include works for small to medium ensemble, solo piano, and orchestra.  

Select works are recorded on Albany, ERM Media, North/South, and Zimbel Press. 

Glesser currently resides in Miami Florida with his son, Harrison. His daughter, Ashley, now lives in Brookline Massachusetts and works in downtown Boston.