Asher Raboy

Asher Raboy (born January 14, 1957) is an American composer, conductor[1] and educator living in Napa, California.

Asher Samuel Raboy was born in Park Forest, Illinois (a suburb on the south side of Chicago).

He studied composition with Ezra Laderman, and, during that time, apprenticed as a conductor and vocal coach with Peyton Hibbitt at the Tri-Cities Opera Company.

He went off to Carnegie-Mellon University for his Masters of Fine Arts (1981), studying conducting with Robert Page and Istvan Jaray, and composition with Leonardo Balada.

[10] He wrote a number of scripts and arrangements specifically for young people, and performed concerts for students in pre-school and grade school.

[citation needed] While with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic in Upstate New York, he conducting classical concerts for the Albany Symphony Orchestra, performing on a barge on the Hudson River to celebrate the birthday of Troy, and touring the capital area performing for children.