Asher maintains an active concert career: notable recent engagements include solo recital performances at the Walton Arts Center, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and the Royal College of Music in London (UK), as well as appearances as concerto soloist with Pax Christi Chorale and the Mozart Players of Toronto, and with the North York Concert Orchestra.
A passionate, committed teacher, Asher is on the Piano Faculty of the University of Toronto where he is a Lecturer of Piano and Chamber Music. Prior to this appointment Asher served as an Assistant professor of Piano at the University of Arkansas, and Asher has also taught at the Interlochen School for the Arts.
Asher serves as an adjudicator and masterclass clinician at many festivals and competitions throughout North America, and internationally, and is also a proud member of the Royal Conservatory's College of Examiners. As a scholar, Asher's work has been published by Cambridge University Press's Tempo, as well as Clavier/Piano Magazine, American Music Teacher, the European Piano Teachers Association Piano Journal, Canadian Music Teacher, MTNA's E-Journal, the Kaprálová Society Journal, and others.
Port Nelson United Church
3132 South Drive
Burlington, On L7N 1H7
Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
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Time:10:00 AM | Name:Hiyori Wojcik | Titles: Impromptu in E by Clara Schumann L'Egyptienne by Jean-Phillippe Rameau | Home Festival:Unionville |
Time:10:10 AM | Name:Christopher Zhou | Titles: Nocturne in C sharp Minor, op. 19, no. 4 by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky The Cat and Mouse Tango by Gary K. Thomas | Home Festival:Hamilton |
Time:10:20 AM | Name:Fanhe Kong | Titles: Nocturne in E flat Major op. 9, no. 2 by Frederic Chopin The Cat and Mouse Tango by Gary K. Thomas | Home Festival:Guelph |
Time:10:30 AM | Name:Sophia Lin | Titles: Nocturne in E flat Major op. 9, no. 2 by Frédéric Chopin The Cat and Mouse Tango by Gary K. Thomas | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo |
Time:10:40 AM | Name:Locke Johnson | Titles: Six Easy Variations on an Original theme, WoO 77 by Ludwig van Beethoven Valse romantique by Claude Debussy | Home Festival:Ottawa Piano |
Time:10:50 AM | Name:Annelies Luyt | Titles: Tarantella, op. 77, no. 6 by Moritz Moszkowski Variations in D Major, op. 40, no. 1 by Dmitri Kabalevsky | Home Festival:London |
Time:11:00 AM | Name:Jackson Zhang | Titles: Six Variations on Nel cor più non mi sento, WoO 70 by Ludwig van Beethoven Valse romantique by Claude Debussy | Home Festival:North York Live |
Time:11:15 AM | Name:Yiran Liu | Titles: Sonata in E Minor, Hob XVI:34, 1st mvt. by Franz Joseph Haydn Nocturne in in C sharp Minor, op. post., B 49 by Frédéric Chopin | Home Festival:North York Virtual |
Time:11:25 AM | Name:Mason Lei | Titles: Fantasie in D minor, K 397 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Carnivalse by Jason "Chilly Gonzales" Beck | Home Festival:St. Thomas |
Time:1:00 PM | Name:Lauren Browne | Titles: Notturno op. 6, no. 2 by Clara Schumann Sonata in A Major, Hob. XVI:12, 2nd and 3rd mvts. by Franz Joseph Haydn | Home Festival:Chatham |
Time:1:15 PM | Name:Harbin Lu | Titles: Six Easy Variations on an Original theme, WoO 77 by Ludwig van Beethoven Carnivalse by Chilly Gonzales | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis |
Time:1:25 PM | Name:Vivian Xu | Titles: Nocturne in E Flat Major, op. 9, no. 2 by Frédéric Chopin Six Variations on Nel cor più non mi sento, WoO 70 by Ludwig Van Beethoven | Home Festival:Peel |
Time:1:40 PM | Name:Justin Koski | Titles: Sonata in D Minor, K9 by Domenico Scarlatti Ten Pieces, op. 24, Romance (no. 9) by Jean Sibelius | Home Festival:Barrie |
Time:1:50 PM | Name:Emmanuella Woo | Titles: Nocturne in E flat Major, op. 9, no. 2 by Frédéric Chopin Six Variations on a Ukrainian Folk Song, op. 51, no. 5 by Dmitri Kabalevsky | Home Festival:Take the Stage |
Workshop will be held from approximately 2:10 pm until 3:40 pm.
Announcement of the winners and top two competitors chosen to go to the Playoffs will happen at the end of the workshop.
The Level 9 Piano Playoffs will be held at Wellington Square United Church - 2121 Caroline Street - from 4:15 pm to approximately 5:45 pm.
Playoff competitors will have to travel to Wellington Square United Church.