about

Asher is an acclaimed and emerging Australian composer and conductor now based in London. Their professional career began in 2019 with the commission of Mano mee taeol, for treble chorus, and they have since developed into an innovative and authentic voice in contemporary music. 

A full scholarship recipient at the Royal College of Music, London, their current undergraduate studies have encompassed a long residency with the Sonora Quartet, collaborations with emerging artists Rieko Makita, Alex Mackinder and Christina Achim, and the commission of several solo, chamber and large ensemble works. Recordings and performances of their works have included members of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Offspring and Gondwana Choirs, as well as candidates for the AMEB and International Baccalaureate examinations. In 2025, their brass ensemble work On the nature of inspiration won the RCM Fanfare Competition and was performed in that year's graduation ceremonies.

In 2021, Asher was recognised for their work Prayer in F with second place in the Monash University Emerging Composer Award, and the same work went on to win the Vocal and Spirit of Chamber Music awards in the national chamber music competition, Strike A Chord. They also hold a Trailblazer Award in their home state of New South Wales for outstanding achievements alongside school studies, awarded for their professional accomplishments during the 2020-21 lockdowns. Asher’s percussion work, Breeze on the Still of a River, was recorded by acclaimed percussionist Claire Edwardes and distributed to secondary students across Australia as part of the digital lockdown provisions for Australian Music Day 2021. 

Asher studies composition with William Mival and has particular interest in advocating for the vitality of contemporary music in music education. Alongside their studies they work as a choral educator, a role that allows them to introduce children across London to the joys of contemporary vocal music. Educated initially in the diverse Australian musical tradition, Asher’s music is recognised and loved by global audiences for its storytelling, inviting warmth and considered simplicity.

Asher is honoured to be a Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Scholar supported by the Charles Richardson Stewart Scholarship for Composition at the RCM.