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.
Knox Presbyterian Church
461 Elizabeth St.
Burlington, ON L7R 4B1
Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
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Time:10:00 AM | Name:Helen Ma | Titles: Waltz in A Minor, op. posth., B150 by Frédéric Chopin Viennese Sonatina in C Major, 4th mvt. by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Home Festival:Hamilton |
Time:10:10 AM | Name:Summer Chung | Titles: Sonatina in A Minor, op. 3 by Georg Anton Benda On the Lake, op. 77, no. 12 by Heinrich Hofmann | Home Festival:North York Live |
Time:10:20 AM | Name:Holly Hu | Titles: Aria in G Major by Georg Philipp Telemann Jasmine Flower by arr.Edward Han Jiang | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo |
Time:10:30 AM | Name:Bowen Chen | Titles: As Swift as a Deer by Daniel Gottlob Turk Moto perpetuo by Tom Gerou | Home Festival:Kingston |
Time:10:40 AM | Name:Lucas Lee | Titles: Prelude in C Minor, BWV 999 by J.S. Bach Dance of the Tiger Cubs (no. 3) by Vincent Ho | Home Festival:Yip's |
Time:10:50 AM | Name:Leonidas Panagopoulos | Titles: Sonatina in G Major op.19/20, no.1, 1st mvt. by Jan Ladislav Dussek Waltz in A Minor op. posth., B 150 by Frédéric Chopin | Home Festival:Pickering GTA |
Time:11:00 AM | Name:Noah Box | Titles: Math Whiz by Bradley Sowash Miimii by Barbara Assiginaak | Home Festival:Barrie |
Time:11:10 AM | Name:Livlyn Li | Titles: Sonatina in D Minor, (no.6) by Georg Anton Benda Waltz in A Minor, op. posth., B150 by Frédéric Chopin | Home Festival:Chatham |
Time:11:20 AM | Name:Thomas Paul Perrone | Titles: Waltz in A Minor, op. 124, no. 4 by Robert Schumann Minuet in G Minor by Gottfried Heinrich Stozel | Home Festival:Grey County |
Time:11:30 AM | Name:Sullivan Falls | Titles: Happy Time Jazz by Martha Mier Sonatina in A Minor (no. 3) by Georg Anton Benda | Home Festival:Guelph |
Time:1:00 PM | Name:Jonathan Liddle | Titles: Dance of the Tiger Cubs by Vincent Ho Aria in G Major, TWV 32:13 by Georg Philipp Telemann | Home Festival:Stirling |
Time:1:10 PM | Name:Ava Wang | Titles: Sonatina in F Major, op. 168, no. 1, 3rd movement by Anton Diabelli Spanish, op. 55, no. 5 by Agethe Backer-Grondahl | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis |
Time:1:20 PM | Name:Danielle Arku | Titles: Sonatina in A Minor (no. 3) by Georg Anton Benda Running for the Bus by Alexina Louie | Home Festival:London |
Time:1:30 PM | Name:Elizabeth Beilby | Titles: Minuet in G Minor by Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel Meditation in the Rain by Timothy Brown | Home Festival:South Simcoe |
Time:1:40 PM | Name:Aiden Wu | Titles: Aria in G major, TWV 32:13 by Georg Phillipp Telemann Sonatina in G Major, op. 88, no. 2, 1st mvt. by Friedrich Kuhlau | Home Festival:Ottawa Piano |
Time:1:50 PM | Name:Ella Gooley | Titles: Gentle Breeze by Joanne Bender River City Blues by Martha Mier | Home Festival:North Hastings |
Workshop will be held from approximately 2:15 pm until 3:45 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 6 Piano Playoffs will be held at Wellington Square United Church - 2121 Caroline Street - from 4:30 pm to approximately 6:00 pm.
Playoff competitors will have to travel to Wellington Square United Church.