Rick Asher – Past Concerts

Rick Asher holds degrees in Music Education from Western Washington University and the University of Oregon, each with emphasis in conducting and piano. He studied the Alexander Technique with Catherine Madden in Seattle, and applies that technique in his teaching and in his own life.

His career has included teaching instrumental and vocal music in elementary school through university levels, as well as studio instruction in piano and voice. Following eight years of teaching elementary and high school music, he began working at Edmonds Community College where he taught in the Music Department for twenty-four years before becoming its Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences.
He has also served as director of Cascade Youth Symphony, the Whatcom Chorale in Bellingham, and the 80-voice Sanctuary Choir of Seattle First Baptist Church.

Now retired from full-time positions, he maintains a studio of piano, voice, and composition students at his home in Shoreline, and spends time almost every day playing the piano and writing music.