Ashlee Bickley

Young Artist Voice State Representative

Mezzo-Soprano Ashlee Bickley is a Master’s voice performance student in the studio of Shirley Close at Florida State University (FSU). The 2011 holiday season will showcase Ashlee as the alto soloist not only for Händel’sMessiah with both the Ocala Symphony Orchestra and the Tallahassee Music Guild, but also for a televised concert of Bach’s Weihnachtsoratorium with the FSU Chamber Choir and University Symphony Orchestra. Last semester at FSU, Ashlee was seen as a soloist in Stravinsky’s Les Noces, as Hansel (Hansel and Gretel), and as Alma March (Little Women).

A native of Philadelphia, Ashlee graduated from the prestigious Eastman School of Music in 2010 with a Bachelor of Music in voice performance under the tutelage of Kathryn Cowdrick. During her time at Eastman, she appeared inLe Nozze di Figaro (Marcellina u/s), Pelléas et Mélisande (Geneviève), A Little Night Music (Malla) and Thésée (Cérés/Shepherdess), and was a soloist in Mendelssohn’s Elijah. Ashlee has been seen in the Delaware Valley Opera Company productions of Cenerentola (Tisbe u/s), Roméo et Juliette (Stéphano u/s), Suor Angelica (Nursing Sister), Land of Smiles (Franzi) Die Fledermaus (Sally, Orlofsky u/s), and The Magic Flute (Third Slave, Chorus Captain). Ensemble credits with DVOC, Eastman Opera Theatre, and Bohème Opera New Jersey include The Merry Widow, Tales of Hoffmann, La Traviata, Elixir of Love, La Rondine, Carmen, Cavalleria Rusticana/I Pagliacci, andDon Giovanni.

Ashlee will be representing the state of Florida at the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Southern Division Competition in 2012.  She has won titles and scholarships from Mu Phi Epsilon International Professional Music Fraternity (Sara Eikenberry Voice Scholarship), Civic Morning Musicales (Opera Club of Syracuse Award), National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts (NFAA ARTS Merit Scholarship), and the Eastman School of Music (Howard Hanson Scholarship).

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