Fenno Heath

Fenno Heath

Fenno Follansbee Heath, Jr. (December 30, 1926 – December 5, 2008) was an American conductor, composer, and arranger of choral music.

Heath attended Yale University, where he majored in music and graduated in 1950. As an undergraduate he sang in the Yale Freshman Chorus, the Apollo Glee Club, the Yale Glee Club, and the Spizzwinks, the country's second-oldest a cappella singing group. In his senior year he was appointed conductor of the Whiffenpoofs, the prestigious all-senior a cappella group.

Heath's graduate studies were at the Yale School of Music. During this time he was conductor of the Apollo Glee Club. He received the M.M. degree in 1952.