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Welcome to my site and thanks for stopping by. Take a few minutes to check out the Audio/Video page for MP3's and video clips of my performances, or leave me a note on the blog.

Enjoy the music!
-- Ashley

Bang on a Can - Now Available For Rock Band 2!

Yes, you read that correctly... three pieces by Bang on a Can All-Stars are now available for Rock Band 2 on XBOX360, via the newly launched Rock Band Network! Click here to download "Cheating, Lying Stealing" by David Lang, click here to download "Yo Shakespeare" by Michael Gordon, and click here to download "Shadowbang" by Evan Ziporyn. Additional works by Julia Wolfe will be available via the Rock Band Network soon!

You can also check out the original Bang on a Can All-Stars recording of "Cheating, Lying Stealing" in the iTunes store here, as well as "Shadowbang" here, and Alarm Will Sound's recording of "Yo Shakespeare" here.

"...the brilliant high level and accomplishment of her playing and music making at this concert left no doubt that young Ms. Bathgate has an even bigger future ahead of her!
- Harris Goldsmith
New York Concert Review

Read the full review of the Carnegie Hall Recital
"...an exceptionally gifted young cellist who has been studying with me at the Yale School of Music for several years. Ashley is an excellent cellist, thoughtful musician and charismatic performer who is experienced as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral player. She is also an effective teacher, who can communicate her technical and musical ideas with ease. .. Ashley is mature, responsible and hardworking. She is outgoing and expresses herself well. As a result, she is well respected by her peers and her mentors alike. I believe Ashley would be an asset to any organization or institution with which she becomes affiliated."
- Aldo Parisot,
Samuel Sanford Professor of Music
Yale University School of Music

"..spontaneous and fresh..Bathgate has established herself as a rising young star of the instrument. She demonstrated the full tone, generous musicality, long line and mature command of her instrument..She is self confident without being haughty, and that is a real accomplishment."
- Ron Emery
Albany (NY) Times Union

"..In the Schumann, Bathgate demonstrated why she is considered one of the finest young musicians ever produced in this area. She has "confidence," "fearless" and "performer" written all over her – and can she ever play. Bathgate has the poise and bearing of an artist. She knows how to build intensity during extended phrases, how to be gruff when grit is called for, and how to draw sweet sounds from her instrument."
- Bill Rice
Daily Gazette, Schenectady,NY