Hello again everybody! Hopefully you are all staying warm and happy!

I want to give you a few updates regarding my performances this year; the January 26th concert at Yale was a lot of fun and I was extremely happy that so many people were able to attend. I will be posting some audio/video clips from that night very soon.

Coming up next is Carnegie-Weill Hall on February 9th, 8:30pm. To promote the concert there will be a radio segment featuring yours truly on WQXR FM radio NY, Young Artists Showcase, hosted by Robert Sherman on Wednesday, Feb 6th 9-10pm. If you get chance, tune in!

In March we will be preparing for Concerto Night! on the 29th at 4:30pm in Sudler Hall. (Incidentally, this is the building next to Sprague on the corner of Wall and College St. in New Haven). I know this will be fantastic! Nick is going to play the Berg Violin Concerto and Noelia will play Schnittke’s Concerto for Viola. I am leaning towards something a bit more romantic, as always, perhaps Lalo or Saint-Sans.

In the meantime, Yale School of Music is heavy into the spring semester. There will be a production of Die Fledermaus from Feb 9-16th at the Schubert Theatre. After that, Helmuth Rilling, world-renowned conductor, teacher and Bach scholar will conduct the orchestra, Glee Club and Yale Camerata in Mendelssohns’s Elijah on April 11th.

As always, there will be several chamber music performances throughout the semester, free to the public, about which I will keep you posted. Our trio (David Kaplan,piano- David Southorn,violin) will be rocking out Tchaikovsky’s Piano Trio in A minor one of those dates, for sure!

Also, don’t miss the Yale Cellos on April 21,8pm in Sprague. This is always an entertaining night with my teacher and director of the ensemble, Aldo Parisot. He fills the stage with a colorful array of his own paintings whilst we play arrangements of music for an orchestra of 20 cellos! This year we will play Bachianas Brasileiras Nos. 1 and 5 by Villa-Lobos, among other things.

That’s all for now, but I will have more for you in the coming weeks I’m certain.

All the best,

Ashley

Hi everybody! Once again welcome to my website! I am very excited to be sharing news about my upcoming events with you.

Currently, I am a student of Aldo Parisot at the Yale University School of Music. This is my third and final year at Yale and I must say it has been one of the greatest experiences on all levels. It’s not every day that one has the opportunity to work with so many talented and eager musicians of the same age, as well as some of the most distinguished professors in the biz. I will carry their contributions with me always.

On January 26th, I will be giving my final degree recital at the University in Sprague Memorial Hall. The program will include works by Brahms, Beethoven, Debussy and Martino. Hope you can be there with all my friends to celebrate a wonderful time spent at Yale!

Subsequently, I will be giving my debut recital at Carnegie Hall on February 9th in Weill Hall. As you can imagine I am extremely excited about this opportunity to play on such a prestigious stage. It will be a solo recital with pianist Todd Crow, who is AMAZING, by the way! I met him during my Bard College years and we gave a few concerts together at Vassar, where he is a music professor.

In between recitals I am keeping busy with the hustle and bustle of school, chamber music, Philharmonia, and an introduction to composition with Ezra Laderman, which is allowing me to indulge my inner pop star. I will also be working with two trios this semester playing Tchaikovsky’s a minor and Mendelssohn’s c minor piano trios, both of which I am eager to start. In addition, my friends and I will be giving a “Concerto Night” at Yale University’s Sudler (William Harkness) Hall on the 29th of March.

Not sure of the program but it will include everything romantic as well as contemporary for your liking. Noelia, one of my best friends and favorite violists will be gracing the stage with her Spanish flare whilst the Italian Stallion, Nick DiEugenio sears our hearts with his magnificent violin playing. T’will be a night to remember, indeed!

Don’t forget to check out my recent audio/video clips. The majority are from my Master’s Recital last February with pianists Wei-Jen Yuan and Hye-Yeon Park. And the rest are blasts from the past, so to speak, which I hope you will enjoy as well!

Well I think that about covers it for now so until next time, be well, stay warm and enjoy everything that the New Year will bring!

Much Love,
Ashley