Pianist Ashlee Mack has given recitals in Germany, Italy, Czechia, and across the United States. Specializing in contemporary music, she has commissioned many new works and given numerous world-premiere performances. Her recordings can be heard on Capstone, Innova, Navona Records, Parallax Music Press, Perspectives of New Music/Open Space, and New World Records. An avid hiker and nature lover, Ashlee has been artist-in-residence at Everglades, Grand Canyon, and Petrified Forest National Parks, Wupatki National Monument, and Centrum in Fort Worden State Park. Her recording 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”). Ashlee is Director of Piano Studies at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois.
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CONTACT: ashleemackpiano@gmail.com
WEBSITE: ashleemackpiano.com
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EVENTS
UPCOMING | 2023
9/9/23 — Solo concert of quiet music | World premiere of Ian Mikyska's "Distant bells; mist; stopping" for solo piano, along with music by Anthony Donofrio, Marti Epstein, Jürg Frey, and James Romig | Prague Quiet Music Festival at Fortna, Prague
10/8/23 — World premiere of Anthony Donofrio's "Altars," a concert-length work for percussion and piano |
Central College | Cox-Snow Recital Hall | 3:00PM
10/22/23 — Anthony Donofrio's "Altars" | Knox College | Kresge Recital Hall | 3:00PM
10/23/23 — Anthony Donofrio's "Altars" | Western Illinois University | COFAC Recital Hall | 7:30PM
3/4/24 — World premiere of Matt Sargent's "The Moment and The Year" for solo piano | Western Illinois University New Music Festival
TBA — more Khasma Piano Duo 10th anniversary tour dates!
PAST | 2023
3/3/23 — Khasma Piano Duo | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | Light Recital Hall
3/4/23 — Khasma Piano Duo | Knox College | Kresge Recital Hall
3/6/23 - 3/7/23 -- Khasma Piano Duo | Featured Artists at Western Illinois University New Music Festival | COFAC Recital Hall
3/18/23 — Khasma Piano Duo | Ball State University Festival of New Music | Sursa Hall
3/22/23 — Khasma Piano Duo | Duquesne University | PNC Recital Hall
RECORDINGS
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
"This pianist finds novel ways of wringing out color from the dense chords and intriguing harmony.....nicely programmed and wonderfully played."
—New Music Connoisseur
"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.