Ashley
Ertz
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Join us at Weatherwax Hall as Swedish Chamber Orchestra concertmaster Clara Saitkoulov joins us to play one of the most famous violin concertos by Felix Mendelssohn. The program will begin with a work by Felix’s sister Fanny – a talented composer in her own right whose work is only now gaining the attention it deserves. The evening will conclude with Mendelssohn’s well-known Symphony No. 3 – The Scottish Symphony – a nod towards spring and youth.
Ashley Ertz
Principal Oboe
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Grazyna Bacewicz: Overture for Orchestra
Marianna Martinez: Symphony in C
Wolfgang Mozart: Symphony in G Minor No. 25, K183
Gustav Mahler: Rückert-Lieder
Anna Clyne: This Midnight Hour
Lili Boulanger: D’un matin de printemps
Ashley Ertz
English Horn
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French violin virtuoso Eva Zavaro joins the Jackson Symphony Orchestra to perform Swiss composer Pierre Wissmer’s Second Violin Concerto – a piece she poignantly played in Ukraine at the beginning of the war. Works by Rimsky-Korsakov, Camille Pepin, and Ravel will also be featured and the program will end with Borodin’s richly textured Symphony No. 2.
Ashley Ertz
Principal Oboe
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Wolfgang Mozart: Piano Concerto in D minor No. 20, K. 466
Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, Op. 36 in F minor
Ashley Ertz
English Horn
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Come celebrate Anton Bruckner’s 200th birthday as we perform one of the most important romantic composers of all time. Bruckner’s heroic 4th symphony premiered 150 years ago and has since become his most famous. Also joining us is the 2024 Gilmore Young Artist winner, Kasey Shao, to perform Clara Schumann’s Piano Concerto. The program will open with an overture by composer Grażyna Bacewicz.
Ashley Ertz
Principal Oboe
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The shore is alive with the sound of Southwest Michigan’s finest! Delight in and sing along to The Sound of Music, a wholly live performance brought to you by the professional musicians of the SMSO alongside talented theater vocalists and local cast curated by The GhostLight Theatre’s General Manager & Artistic Director, Paul Mow. Join us to experience this timeless classic.
Food trucks will be onsite for this event to provide a variety of snacks, meals, and refreshments, along with the SMSO bar featuring assorted beer and wine!
https://smso.org/event/the-sound-of-music/
Ashley Ertz
Principal Oboe/English Horn
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Relive the adventure of cinematic favorites as the SMSO brings to life the music of John Williams: one of the most celebrated Hollywood film composers of all time! From Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Hook, Indiana Jones, and more, Williams’ works capture and inspire imaginations of all ages – a performance not to miss!
Food trucks will be onsite for this event to provide a variety of snacks, meals, and refreshments.
Backup Rain Location for this event will be at the St. Joseph High School Auditorium, 2521 Stadium Dr, St Joseph, MI 49085.
Ashley Ertz
Principal Oboe
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She was the FIRST black female composer to be performed by a major orchestra...and she was so much more. Experience Price’s music from across her lifespan performed live by winds, brass, strings and harp in an evening in the park.
Join us in August to celebrate the life and legacy of this historic and monumental women.
Wednesday, August 23rd, 5:30pm
Chicago Women's Park and Garden
1801 S. Indiana Ave, Chicago IL 60616
Thursday, August 24th, 5:30pm
Mandrake Park
2838 S. Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago IL 60652
Ashley Ertz
Principal Oboe
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Music for Oboe and Piano by Fernande Decruck, Akiko Kawanaka, Marguerite Roesgen-Champion, Chia-Yu Hsu, Hedwig Chretien and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Performing with Lillia Woolschlager, piano
Ashley Ertz
Oboe
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Soloists Julian Schwartz and Marika Bournaki return to the JSO for our first of two programs this year featuring American music. Join us as we explore the generations of American music beginning with John Adams’ most recognizable work – Short Ride in a Fast Machine. We will also hear a commissioned double concerto by Jackson’s own Marcus Norris and the program completes with Aaron Copland’s epic Third Symphony, harkening to sounds of Fanfare for the Common Man.
Ashley Ertz
Principal Oboe
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We continue the American celebration with a celebration of our very own – cellist Hannah Holman joins us to perform Korngold’s Cello Concerto to celebrate the retirement of her father Tom Holman, longtime JSO cellist. We will also hear works by Samuel Barber, Paul Hindemith, and Julia Perry. The program will conclude with Copland’s image-evoking masterpiece Appalachian Spring.
Ashley Ertz
Principal Oboe
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https://www.nisorchestra.org/holiday
Ashley Ertz
Second Oboe/English Horn
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Ashley Ertz
Oboe
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https://www.atthemac.org/events/nutcracker-salt-creek-ballet/
Ashley Ertz
Second Oboe
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Biography
Ashley Ertz is an oboist and arts administrator in the Chicago metropolitan area. Ertz is Principal Oboe with the Jackson Symphony Orchestra, Principal English Horn with the Peoria Symphony Orchestra and Artistic Director and Founder of 5th Wave Collective. She is also Program Manager with Classical Music Chicago and was on the Board of Directors for the Musicians Club of Women.
Since relocating to Chicago in 2017, Ertz has performed with numerous ensembles including the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Quad City Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonic, Northwest Indiana Symphony, Orchestra Iowa, Wisconsin Philharmonic and more. While living in San Francisco to earn her first two degrees, Ashley performed with the San Francisco Symphony, Green Music Center’s ChamberFest with Jeffrey Kahane, Santa Rosa Symphony, Symphony Napa Valley, Merced Symphony, Echo Chamber Orchestra, San Francisco Academy Orchestra, Classical Revolution, Awesome Orchestra Collective, Curious Flights Orchestra, Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra, and One Found Sound Ensemble. Ertz is on the substitute lists for the New World Symphony and the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.
Ertz earned her Performance Certificate from DePaul University studying with Alex Klein, her Masters degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, studying with San Francisco Symphony’s solo English Hornist Russ DeLuna, and her Bachelor’s degree from San Francisco State University, studying with San Francisco Ballet’s Principal oboist, Laura Griffiths.
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