Award-Winning Cellist, Ashley Garritson, has a distinguished career as an international soloist, chamber and orchestral musician. She has concertized with the Chicago Symphony, the Boston Symphony, the Del Sol Quartet, members of the Juillard String Quartet, ICE (International Contemporary Ensemble) of Chicago, and the Vols Quartet as well as with other chamber music groups. Garritson has served as principal cellist of the Chicago Civic Orchestra, Principal Cello of the Miami Symphony (2007-2011), and is currently Principal Cello of both, the Miami City Ballet and the Atlantic Classical Orchestra. Ashley is a founding member of the Nu Deco Ensemble, in Miami. She is also Adjunct Professor of Cello at Broward College in Davie, Florida. During the summer, she performs at the Lancaster Festival in Lancaster, OH. In May 2010, she was granted the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Cello Performance by the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, where she performed the world premiere of Aaron Travers’ Cello Concerto, commissioned by the University for her and the Frost Wind Ensemble. She was also the solo cellist in the world premiere of the Maslanka Trombone Concerto with wind ensemble.
“Garritson plays with burnished tone and deep sensitivity.” –The Miami Herald