Cellist Ashima Scripp has toured extensively throughout the United States and abroad, gaining recognition as a soloist and chamber musician. She has appeared at New York's Carnegie Hall, Tokyo’s Opera City, Boston's Symphony Hall, Chicago's Symphony Center and Boston's Jordan Hall. Ms. Scripp has received top prizes and distinctions at many prestigious competitions and has been heard on Los Angeles' KMozart, Boston's WGBH, Chicago’s WFMT and Texas Public Radio.
A sought-after chamber musician, Ms. Scripp joined the critically acclaimed Walden Chamber Players in 2004. With Walden, she performs a variety of chamber music repertoire at some of the most distinguished chamber music series in the country. Walden Chamber Players holds the position of Ensemble-in-Residence at several institutions including the Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science, Concord Academy (MA) and Trinity University (TX). As Education Director for Walden, Ms. Scripp directs the ensemble’s current residencies and oversees the development of new educational programs and partnerships.
Ms. Scripp received scholarships for her studies at the Manhattan School of Music and Northwestern University as a student of Alan Stepansky and Hans Jensen. She currently serves on the cello and chamber music faculty of the Longy School of Music and Concord Academy in Massachusetts and is co-director of the Cellobration Festival in Boston, MA.
In the summer Ms. Scripp has served on the faculty of the Chamber Music Conference and Composer’s Forum of the East, the International Summer Music Academy in Regensberg, Germany as well as been a performer at the New Hampshire, North Country, VentiCordi, Hot Springs and Kneisel Hall festivals. Ms. Scripp has recorded the chamber music of Augusta Read Thomas and Donald Wheelock and is anticipating the recording of her second CD with jazz pianist/composer Claire Ritter for Zoning Records.
