ABOUT THE CONDUCTOR
Carl Ashley has conducted choirs at all levels and has taught at Westminster Choir College, Palm Beach Atlantic University, Lynn University, and the University of Miami. His conducting teachers include Allen Crowell, John Dickson, Joseph Flummerfelt, Gary Green, James Jordan, and Jo-Michael Scheibe.
He has served as a church musician for over 25 years and
was the Minister of Music at Westside Baptist
Church in Boynton Beach, Florida, and the Director of Music and Worship
Arts at Trinity United Methodist Church in Palm Beach Gardens,
Florida.
He is currently the Music
Director at
Lake Osborne Presbyterian
Church in Lake Worth, Florida. In 2006, he conducted
performances of Bach's Magnificat and Vivaldi's
Gloria in
Ukraine with several combined choirs from the United States and
Ukraine with orchestra, and was asked to return in
2008
to conduct a forty-voice choir in a five-city
tour of Ukraine.
He has also served as an opera chorus director for the Palm Beach Opera and the University of Miami Opera Theatre.
Beginning with the 2010-2011 season, Dr. Ashley will assume the position of Artistic Director of the Masterworks Chorus of the Palm Beaches, conducting performances of Duruflé's and Fauré's Requiems, Handel's Messiah, and selected favorite choral masterworks.
For a more complete listing of conducting experience, please download his curriculum vitae.
If you would like to consider hiring Carl Ashley as a conductor, clinician, or adjudicator, please contact Carl Ashley.
