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Ashley Hirt, M.A.
ashley.hirt@gmail.com


Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Musicology - University of Kansas - 2016
Master of Arts in Music History - University of Idaho - 2011
Bachelor of Arts in Music - Pittsburg State University - 2009

Selected Papers
"You Wanna Blow?" - Women as Jazz Improvisers. National Conference of the Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association, March 2013; University of Kansas Graduate Research Competition, March 2013

A Brief History of the Back Row: Historical Development of Low Brass Instruments. Great Plains Regional Tuba-Euphonium Conference, February 2011


Selected Compositions
Too Many Muses. Performance piece for small jazz ensemble. Collaboration with Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and Black House Collective.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEugxRcjphA

Hungry Ghosts. Performance piece for solo amplified euphonium.

Reedy Fanfare. Performance piece for saxophone quartet.

Sea-Tac Sarabande. Performance piece for trombone quartet.


Associations
Black House Collective (new music ensemble) - euphonium/trombone
Mnemosyne (experimental music ensemble) - euphonium
New Jazz Order (jazz big band) - trombone
The Kicks Band (jazz big band) - trombone


Honors/Professional Affiliations

Pi Kappa Lambda, University of Idaho
Member, American Musicological Society

Member, College Music Society

Member, Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association

Brass Player of the Year, Pittsburg State University, 2009

Meritorious Achievement in Spanish Studies, Pittsburg State University, 2009           

Runner-up, Waddill Chamber Music Competition, 2008


Courses Taught
Masterworks of Music (music appreciation course)
Music History IV
Introduction to Jazz
History of Rock & Roll
Music in Western Civilization I