“

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

Time:Spans

International Contemporary Ensemble

Performing as soloist for Wadada Leo Smith’s cello concerto, Gondwana

New York City, NY

https://timespans.org/concert/international-contemporary-ensemble-khumalo-pagh-paan-shirazi-smith/

September 8/ 9/10/11, 2023

Wadada Leo Smith’s America Transformed

Performing four nights of music by Wadada Leo Smith with Smith, Purple Kikuyu, and RedKoral

Brooklyn College, NY

https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/wadada-leo-smith-america-transformed/2023-09-09/

October 20, 2023

Endless Season

Wild Up

Performing Vortex Temporum by Grisey and a premiere by M.A. Tiesenga

Los Angeles, CA

https://endless-season.wildup.org/2023-24/event/tiesenga-grisey/

November 4, 2023

Ventura College Chamber Orchestra and Symphony Orchestra

Conducting (from podium and cello) works by Bach, Janáček, and Schumann’s Symphony No. 3

Ventura, CA

https://www.venturacollege.edu/performing-arts

November 12, 2023

Workshop of Sally Ride, a new opera by Dana Kaufman

Conducting four scenes from the opera

Los Angeles, CA

https://synchromy.org/sally-ride-opera-workshop/

November 27-December 2, 2023

Residency at Vanderbilt University

Week-long residency with collaborator Wadada Leo Smith. Working the Blair Big Band abd the Contemporary Music Ensemble plus working with students in the composition and music history courses, in addition to giving a masterclass for the cello studio.

Nashville, TN

December 9, 2023

Ventura College Chamber Orchestra and Symphony Orchestra

Conducting (from podium and cello) works by Grieg, Holst, and Barber plus the premiere of After the Freeze by Anuj Bhutani with guest soloists Mayuri Vasan (voice) and Neelamjit Dhillon, tabla.

Ventura, CA

https://www.venturacollege.edu/performing-arts

December 14, 2023

Zócolo presents wasteLAnd music

Performing American Ledger No.1 by Raven Chacon

Los Angeles, CA

https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2023/12/15/raven-chacon-american-ledger-no-1/events/the-takeaway/

January 14, 2023

wasteLAnd music presents Sarah Hennies’ concert-length duo for cello and percussion, The Reinvention of Romance

Performing with Dustin Donahue

Los Angeles, CA

https://www.wastelandmusic.org/events

January 19, 2023

Darkness Sounding

WildUp

Music of Mattie Barbier and Ellen Arkbro. Performing no dirt to call by and with Mattie Barbier

Los Angeles, CA

https://endless-season.wildup.org/2023-24/event/barbier-arkbro/