ASHER BLANK (@asherbl_nk | he/him | William Asher Cabaniss) is a musician and organizer working primarily in the world of vocal music, where he creates music and curates experiences designed to unlock connection between singers, vocal music genres, and singing traditions.
He currently leads Ephemeral Choir, an ever-changing, non-auditioned ensemble and vocal music incubator based in Los Angeles that convenes ‘One-Day Choir’ style sessions and multi-week choral music intensives with directors and composers. The music he has created through Ephemeral Choir has been performed by professional and community ensembles around the world.
A producer of instrumental beat music since grade school, he also maintains a parallel of practice as a DJ and beatmaker. He is slowly merging the worlds of electronic and vocal music to create pieces that allow groups of singers to move fluidly between genres and energies.
Since 2026, he has also been part of the team leading Gaia Music Collective, a public vocal music project rooted in the practice of circlesinging.
Asher’s nontraditional path to music-making began inside the musical world of his father, the composer and educator Thomas Cabaniss, and continued as a member of Francisco J. Núñez’s Young People’s Chorus of New York City. In college, he directed the competitive a cappella group Voices in Your Head at the University of Chicago. He has taught at the summer music program A Cappella Academy and at contemporary a cappella convenings around the US.
He lives and works in Los Angeles and New York City, and travels frequently to perform, lead vocal music, and DJ.
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He currently leads Ephemeral Choir, an ever-changing, non-auditioned ensemble and vocal music incubator based in Los Angeles that convenes ‘One-Day Choir’ style sessions and multi-week choral music intensives with directors and composers. The music he has created through Ephemeral Choir has been performed by professional and community ensembles around the world.
A producer of instrumental beat music since grade school, he also maintains a parallel of practice as a DJ and beatmaker. He is slowly merging the worlds of electronic and vocal music to create pieces that allow groups of singers to move fluidly between genres and energies.
Since 2026, he has also been part of the team leading Gaia Music Collective, a public vocal music project rooted in the practice of circlesinging.
Asher’s nontraditional path to music-making began inside the musical world of his father, the composer and educator Thomas Cabaniss, and continued as a member of Francisco J. Núñez’s Young People’s Chorus of New York City. In college, he directed the competitive a cappella group Voices in Your Head at the University of Chicago. He has taught at the summer music program A Cappella Academy and at contemporary a cappella convenings around the US.
He lives and works in Los Angeles and New York City, and travels frequently to perform, lead vocal music, and DJ.
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