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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. Her solo album of quiet music, green, was released in January 2025 on Sawyer Editions. 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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RECORDINGS
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Released on January 10, 2025: green
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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.
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