Departments and Positions:

• Strings and Guitar Teacher

Biography:
Asher comes to Episcopal as an accomplished jazz musician and teacher of students of all ages. Before joining the EHS faculty, he taught middle and high school musicians at Albuquerque Academy in Albuquerque, N.M., where he taught beginning, intermediate, and advanced orchestra, as well as guitar. For several years, Asher also served as a teacher at the New Mexico Jazz Workshop, teaching guitar, bass, singing, piano, and drums to middle and high school students from the South Valley area of Albuquerque.

He also continues to work in the Flamenco scene in New Mexico and to compose for his own ensembles with latin, jazz and flamenco fusions. In addition, Asher has been a composer and arranger for strings, big bands, and small jazz ensembles alike.

Asher and his wife live at the Virginia Theological Seminary, right next door, where she is a student at VTS.

Credentials:
B.M. University of North Texas