About
A versatile and engaging performer, flutist Ashley Addington performs regularly with ensembles throughout the Boston area, most recently with the Orchestra of Indian Hill, Neponset Vally Philharmonic, Cape Cod Symphony, and the contemporary sinfonietta Sound Icon. Previous season engagements include performances with Callithumpian Consort, New England Philharmonic, Simon Sinfonietta, Boston Opera Collaborative, and MetroWest Opera. Originally from Texas, Ashley holds a Master of Music degree in Flute Performance and a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from Butler School of Music at The University of Texas at Austin. Her primary teachers are Marianne Gedigian, Alison Young, and Robert Willoughby.
An active educator working with many thriving young flute students, Ashley teaches on the faculty at Indian Hill Music and Nashua Community Music School and privately at Milton Academy and Shady Hill School. Additionally at Indian Hill Music, she serves as the Wind/Brass Department Chair and is active coordinating their summer programs for youth and adults. Before moving to Boston, Ashley previously served as the Teaching Assistant for Marianne Gedigian at The University of Texas at Austin, instructed masterclasses for Longhorn Music Camp, and maintanted a studio of private students in Austin.
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.
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. Working to expand the repertoire for flute and cello, Ashley performs with cellist Rachel Arnold premiering commissioned works from young and emerging composers. She also frequently appears as a Guest Artist on Composer’s Concerts at Tufts University. 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.
Ashley lives in Somerville with her composer and web-developing husband, Gregory Cornelius. In her rare spare time, she crafts, cooks, reads historical fiction, and travels.