Award winning trumpeter, Ashley Hall, 25, has appeared in concert halls, recital venues and churches across the United States, Mexico, and Europe. From Boston's Symphony Hall, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., to St. John's College Cathedral in Cambridge, England, she dazzles audiences with her virtuosic technique and expressive tone. An active artist in the solo and orchestral realms, she holds the position of third trumpet with the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, a job she won in the spring of 2003. She has been a frequent substitute trumpeter with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra, and the New World Symphony, performing concerts with conductors like James Levine and James Conlon.
At the age of 13, she made her solo debut with the Capitol Winds Ensemble from Washington, D.C. at the National Trumpet Competition, playing the third movement of Johann Hummel's Concerto for Trumpet. She also has been a featured soloist with the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra, the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, the Roanoke Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Wintergreen Festival Orchestra, the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) Wind Symphony, the CCM Concert Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Southwest Virginia and three-time soloist with the Washington Chamber Symphony at the Kennedy Center. In 2001, she took first place in the college division of the National Trumpet Competition, and first place in the International Trumpet Guild's Solo Competition. In the summer of 2002, she performed Alexander Arutunian's Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra with the Music Academy of the West's Festival Orchestra, after winning that festival's concerto competition. She has been a participant at the Music Academy of the West, Tanglewood Institute of Music, Eastern Music Festival, Lake Placid Institute, and Brevard Music Center. She has served as the second trumpeter for the Wintergreen Music Festival.
In January 2005, Ashley premiered "An American Concerto", a work written for her by Dayton composer Steven Winteregg. This trumpet concerto was commissioned by and performed with the Northwest Florida Chamber Orchestra. In April 2005, she was the featured soloist with the Lima Symphony Orchestra, performing the Hummel Concerto and J.B. Arban's 'Carnival of Venice'.
In the summer of 2006, Ashley appeared with the professional all-women's brass ensemble, Monarch Brass, at the International Trumpet Guild Conference in Glassboro, NJ. She was a featured artist at the International Women's Brass Conference in Normal, IL, giving a recital and performing again with the Monarch Brass. In July, she traveled to Germany to perform with EUROBRASS and to record an album entitled, "Give Thanks to the Lord".
In the fall of 2007, Ashley will release her debut album entitled, "Behold Him", a collection of hymns for solo trumpet. As an active trumpet worship artist she has performed in Germany for three summers with the Christian brass group, EUROBRASS , and has given trumpet ministry recitals in Mexico City. In October of this year, Ashley will perform 9 concerts in China as a trumpet soloist, and member of the Americana Music Group.
Ms. Hall's passion for making music is paralleled by a dedication and commitment to teaching. In the fall semester of 2004, Ashley was the acting professor of trumpet at the University of Dayton, while maintaining a full private trumpet studio in Cincinnati, OH. She was a guest artist for numerous events at the University of Dayton, and was also a clinician for the brass camp at Bowling Green University in the summer of 2005.
Ms. Hall received her bachelor's degree in trumpet performance from the University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music where she was a student of Alan Siebert, Marie Speziale, and Philip Collins. She received her artist diploma degree from the Longy School of Music where she was a student of Steven Emery. At Longy, she was awarded the Victor Rosenbaum Award for Excellence in Performance and Leadership.
