Violinist Ashley Horne Performs With Antara Ensemble of NYC Oct. 2; Is Heard Often on WQXR Radio

[Ashley Horne]

Violinist Ashley Horne has many professional associations and performances to his credit.  On October 2, 2012 he will perform as a member of the Antara Ensemble, which Presents an Evening of Mozart on Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. at Saint Peter’s Church, 619 Lexington Avenue at 54^th Street, New York City.

Ashley Horne is Associate Director, Violin, My Music Garden, which presents his Bio: 

Ashley Horne, a native of Los Angeles, has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician around the world. A graduate of the Juilliard School, he is known for his "bright tone and fine overall sense of style" (Dennis Rooney of Strad Magazine). He performs regularly with American Symphony Orchestra, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Bard Festival Orchestra, Westchester Symphony, West-Park Chamber Society, Gateways Music Festival, Dance Theater of Harlem Orchestra and New York City Opera, as well as on Broadway's The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Wild Party, Carousel, the smash hit The Producers, and Young Frankenstein.

He has been the featured soloist and concertmaster of numerous ensembles, including The New Black Repertory Ensemble, The Antara Ensemble of NY, Cascade Festival Orchestra, and Aspen Young Artists Orchestra. His recording of Henry Cowell's Fiddler's Jig with the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra can be heard on Koch International.

Mr. Horne has been a recitalist at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall. Solo and chamber music performances have taken him to many interesting parts of the globe, such as Spain, Portugal, the Azores Islands, Odessa and Istanbul. Filmgoers can see Mr. Horne in Le Mozart Noir, the PBS documentary of violinist and composer Chevalier de Saint George, as well as in Eddie Murphy's Coming to America.

WQXR Radio, New York City, has played three of Ashley Horne's recorded works since July 15, 2012.  The composers are Simon Shaheen, William Grant Still and Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson:

WQXR Playlists

Ashley Horne

Last played Monday, August 20 2012 at 10:11 PM

Fantasie for Oud and String Quartet

Simon Shaheen

• Simon Shaheen, oud
• Mark Pisconoff, violin
• Ashley Horne, violin
• Midhat Serbaji, viola
• Tomas Ulrich, cello
• Jamie Haddad, mangolian frame drum

Ark21 Records 186850022
length: 06:55

Last played Friday, August 17 2012 at 11:47 AM

Mother and Child

William Grant Still

• Ashley Horne, violin
• Manhattan Chamber Orchestra
• Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

Newport 85596
length: 07:19

Last played Thursday, July 15 2010 at 08:58 PM

Louisiana Blues Strut (A Cakewalk)

Coleridge Taylor Perkinson

• Ashley Horne, violin

Cedille 087
length: 02:49

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