Asher has had training in piano, guitar, mandolin, accordion, violin and percussion, and has lent his orchestration, arrangement, and transcription work to multiple composers and events, including Chris Thile’s Live From Here radio program. He has also served as music director for many student productions at Princeton, as well as lending original music to several student films. He also regularly builds and performs puppets for various productions. Below is a list of a few things he’s worked on.
Cabaret (Kidz Theater, 2023) - Assistant Music Director, Accordion
First Daughter Suite (Princeton, 2023) - Keyboard and Keyboard Programming
Little Women (Princeton, 2023) - Piano
The Butcher Boy (2017 Demo, 2018 Reading, 2022 World Premiere) - Arrangements and Orchestrations
Wake (2022 Developmental Reading) - Additional Orchestrations, Percussion
Athens, Georgia (Princeton, 2022 Developmental Reading) - Music Director, Orchestrations, Additional Music
The Mushening (Princeton, 2021 World Premiere Production) - Director, Puppet Design
Through Rose-Coloured Glasses (Yes Theatre, 2021) - New Orchestrations of 8 Elton John songs for orchestra and chorus
The Odyssey (Princeton, 2019) - Music Director, New Orchestrations
The Last Five Years (Princeton, 2018) - Piano/Conductor
Triangle Spring Revue "Terrace Bueller's Day Off" (Princeton, 2018) - Music Director, Piano/Conductor, Co-Composer/Lyricist, Vocal Arrangements
Turning Inward (Princeton, 2018) - Assistant Music Director, Accordion/Piano/Other Instruments, Performer
Trailing Rhiannon (Princeton, 2018) - Assistant Conductor, Accordion
Cabaret (Kidz Theater, 2018) - Accordion
The Musical of Musicals, the Musical! (Fieldston, 2017) - Director, Choreographer
Magnum Op(ish) (Baryshnikov Arts Center, 2016) - Director, Choreographer
Middle School Election: The Musical! (2015) - Director, Choreographer
Dido and Aeneas (Flamboyan Theater, 2016) - Puppet Design, Build and Performance
Sisters' Follies (Abrons Arts Center, 2015) - Production Intern, Puppet Builder, Rehearsal Performer