Ashima Scripp, Cello

Ashima Scripp, cello, is a native of Boston and has performed with orchestras, ensembles and in recital in major concert halls around the world including New York’s Carnegie Hall, Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall, Boston’s Symphony Hall, Chicago’s Symphony Center and Boston’s Jordan Hall. She has been a featured soloist with the Skokie Valley Symphony, the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra and in Chicago’s Playing French Festival, and has been featured on Los Angeles’ KMozart, Boston’s WGBH, and in the Pioneer Press. Ms. Scripp has received top prizes at many competitions including the First Prize of the Union League Civic and Arts Foundation String Scholarship Competition, winner of the Eleanor Thaviu String Competition, winner of the Northwestern University Concerto Competition, and at the William C. Byrd Young Artist Competition. This past summer she was invited as one of only three national semi-finalists to the National Federation of Music Clubs Young Artist Competition. Ms. Scripp is in demand as a chamber musician and has been performing with the Walden Chamber Players since 2004. She is also a member of the Phoenix Ensemble in Ann Arbor, MI. She has studied chamber music with members of the Juilliard, Cleveland, American, Muir, Chicago, Mendelssohn, Pacifica Quartets, and the Beaux Arts Trio and has participated in numerous chamber music festivals in the US and abroad. She holds degrees from the Manhattan School of Music and Northwestern University and is on the cello faculty of Concord Academy and the Longy School of Music.