“

Ashley Walters ... played Berio's late Sequenza XIV for solo cello with the kind of brilliance that beckons a major new performer on the new music scene.

 –Mark Swed, LA Times

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Current Season

August 25, 2023

American Academy of Arts and Letters

RedKoral

Performing works by Wadada Leo Smith and Raven Chacon

New York City, NY

https://www.artsandletters.org/events?md=2024-9-1&slug=opening-weekend-concert

November 14, 2024

Guimarāes Jazz

Performing Wadada Leo Smith’s Fire-Love Expanse with Lamar Smith, John Edwards, and Mark Sanders

Centro Cultural Vila Flor

Guimarāes, Portugal

https://em.guimaraes.pt/pages/887/?geo_article_id=2383

November 19, 2024

Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

Performing Wadada Leo Smith’s Fire-Love Expanse with Lamar Smith, John Edwards, and Mark Sanders.

Huddersfield, England

https://hcmf.co.uk/programme/wadada-leo-smith-fire-love-expanse/

February 11, 2025

Tuesdays @ Monk Space

Wadada Leo Smith and RedKoral

Co-curating the event and performing in the West Coast premiere of Wadada Leo Smith’s String Quartet No. 17.

Los Angeles, Ca

https://brightworknewmusic.com/event/the-music-of-wadada-leo-smith/

March 27-29, 2025

Big Ears

Performing two concerts of music by and with Wadada Leo Smith as part of Smith’s CREATE Festival

Knoxville, TN

https://bigearsfestival.org/event/create-curated-by-wadada-leo-smith/

April 8, 2025

Tuesdays @ Monk Space

Performing Anuj Bhutani’s On Letting Go with the composer on voice and electronics

Los Angeles, CA

https://brightworknewmusic.com/event/three-songs-on-letting-go/

June 1-15, 2025

Nief-Norf Summer Festival

Serving as faculty.

Knoxville, TN

https://www.niefnorf.org/