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 cross-genre works for both small- and large-format vocal ensembles in an effort to unlock connection between singers and ideologies.
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 around, and multi-week choral music intensives with directors and composers. The music he has created through Ephemeral Choir has been performed by ensembles like New York Vocal Collective,
Since 2026, he has also been part of the team leading Gaia Music Collective, a public vocal music project centered around the practices of vocal improvisation and circlesinging.
A composer of electronic and instrumental music since 14, he also maintains a parallel of practice as a DJ and beatmaker, where he is slowly merging his electronic and vocal music worlds with the goal of creating pieces that allow groups of singers to move fluidly between the energies of house, ambient, and experimental music.
Asher’s non-traditional path to music-making began inside the musical world of his father Thomas Cabaniss, a contemporary composer and educator. Asher spent most of his youth traveling and singing with Francisco J. Núñez and the 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 lives and works on the west side of Los Angeles.
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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 around, and multi-week choral music intensives with directors and composers. The music he has created through Ephemeral Choir has been performed by ensembles like New York Vocal Collective,
Since 2026, he has also been part of the team leading Gaia Music Collective, a public vocal music project centered around the practices of vocal improvisation and circlesinging.
A composer of electronic and instrumental music since 14, he also maintains a parallel of practice as a DJ and beatmaker, where he is slowly merging his electronic and vocal music worlds with the goal of creating pieces that allow groups of singers to move fluidly between the energies of house, ambient, and experimental music.
Asher’s non-traditional path to music-making began inside the musical world of his father Thomas Cabaniss, a contemporary composer and educator. Asher spent most of his youth traveling and singing with Francisco J. Núñez and the 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 lives and works on the west side of Los Angeles.
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