Special Projects
Ashley Addington, Special Projects
Originally from Texas, flutist Ashley Addington performs regularly with ensembles throughout the Boston area, most recently with the Orchestra of Indian Hill, Cape Cod Symphony, Neponset Valley Philharmonic, Sound Icon, and the Callithumpian Consort. Ms. Addington holds a Masters of Music degree in Music Performance and a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from the University of Texas at Austin. Her principal teachers include Marianne Gedigian, Alison Young, and Robert Willoughby. Ms. Addington currently teaches on the faculty at Indian Hill Music and Nashua Community Music School and privately at Milton Academy and Shady Hill School.
Exhilarated by the challenge of learning new repertoire, Ashley enjoys performing contemporary music and the process of working with composers. She has participated as a fellow in the Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice (SICPP) at New England Conservatory and in MusicX Festival in Blonay, Switzerland with the new music group eighth blackbird. Other new music projects include performances with Vortex Ensemble for New and Improvised Music, Composers Concert at the Church of the Advent on Beacon Hill, Boston New Music Initiative, Amp New Music (NYC), Boston CyberArts Festival, and New Music Hartford and a series of concerts with cellist Rachel Arnold performing new music for flute and cello.
As a member of the Kaze Trio, she was a semi-finalist in the 2008 Plowman Chamber Music Competition and Chamber Music Foundation of New England International Chamber Music Competition. Ashley was selected as a participant in the 2008 National Flute Association Young Artist Competition in Kansas City, MO.