Pianist Ashlee Mack has given recitals in Germany, Italy, Czechia, and across the United States. As a specialist in contemporary music, she has commissioned and premiered many new works by living composers. In 2012, Ashlee and Katherine Palumbo founded the Khasma Piano Duo, an ensemble dedicated to performing the music of our time. Drawn to hiking and the outdoors, she has been artist-in-residence at Everglades, Grand Canyon, and Petrified Forest National Parks, as well as Wupatki National Monument and Centrum in Fort Worden State Park. Her recordings can be heard on Capstone, Innova, Navona Records, Parallax Music Press, Perspectives of New Music/Open Space, Sawyer Editions, and New World Records. Ashlee’s album of James Romig’s Still, finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Music, was recognized in The New Yorker (“compelling and sure-handed”) and San Francisco Chronicle (“Mack gives the music an eloquent, gently electric charge”). She maintains a private piano studio and is the Director of Piano Studies at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois.

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Released on January 10, 2025: green

Recognized as a Finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Music

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REVIEWS

"Pianist Ashlee Mack gives the music an eloquent, gently electric charge."

—San Francisco Chronicle

"...compelling and sure-handed..."

—The New Yorker

"Clear, patient, and beautifully modulated ... exquisite in any context."

—Bandcamp Daily

"Mack....provides a sterling interpretation. [She] voices the harmony skillfully, allowing the piece-long progression to be presented with abundant clarity."

—Sequenza 21

"...challenging music, impeccably prepared.....strong and confident performance."

—Splendid E-zine

"Ashlee Mack's performance displayed impeccable voicing and perfect control of the often highly exposed and rarefied musical material."

—Iowa Composers Forum

"...confidently and expertly performed....totally captivating and always interesting from beginning to end."

—Society of Composers, Inc.