Department of Music Welcomes New Teaching Assistant Professor

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Asher Armstrong

The Department of Music is thrilled to welcome Asher Armstrong as a teaching assistant professor in piano this fall teaching both undergraduate and graduate students. 

Armstrong graduated from the University of Tennessee and since then has worked with many leading pianists of North America and Europe, including Michael Chertock, Kevin Kenner, Nicholas Ashton, Fay Adams, and renowned Romanian pianist Marietta Orlov. 

He maintains an active concert career: notable recent engagements include concerto soloist with the Mozart Players of Toronto (Mozart's Piano Concerto in G major, K. 453), the Pax Christi Chorale (Beethoven's Choral Fantasy), soloist with the North York Concert Orchestra (Tchaikovsky's B-flat minor Piano Concerto), faculty solo and chamber recitals at the University of Toronto, and appearances as a guest soloist and masterclass clinician both Canada and the US. 

A member of the Royal Conservatory's College of Examiners, Armstrong adjudicates hundreds of pianists across North America every year.  As an enthusiastic music scholar, he has been published by such celebrated institutions as Cambridge University Press (see his 2016 essay in Tempo), Clavier, and has forthcoming work in American Music Teacher.

"I am thrilled to be joining the vibrant community at the University of Arkansas and eagerly looking forward to meeting my new colleagues and students," said Armstrong.  "I am very excited about new friendships, musical partnerships, and opportunities that are ahead in Fayetteville. Huge thanks to all the people at the U of A who have made mine and my family's exciting journey possible (and smooth)."

Visit his website at www.asherianarmstrong.com.