About
Flutist Ashley Addington performs and teaches in Boston, Massachusetts. Originally from Texas, Ashley earned a Master of Music degree in Flute Performance from The University of Texas at Austin and completed additional graduate work at Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her principal teachers include Marianne Gedigian, Robert Willoughby, Jacqueline Hofto, and Alison Young.
She has performed with the New England Philharmonic, Neponset Valley Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Opera Collaborative, and the Austrian American Mozart Academy Orchestra. Ashley was a participant in the 2008 National Flute Association Young Artist Competition and a semi-finalist in 2008 Plowman Chamber Music Competition.
Ashley enjoys working with composers and has premiered works by several emerging artists in the Austin and Boston area. Other new music projects include performances with Amp Music (NYC), the Boston CyberArts Festival, New Music Hartford, and at such venues as the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the Lilypad, and the Outpost in Boston. Ashley has participated twice as a fellow in the Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice at New England Conservatory.
Ashley currently teaches flute in the Boston area at the Nashua Community Music School, Milton Academy, Shady Hill School, and at Salem Middle and High School. Before moving to Boston, Ashley maintained a large private studio in several Austin, Texas area schools, served as the Flute Teaching Assistant for Marianne Gedigian at the University of Texas at Austin, and worked with students at the Longhorn Music Camps.