Ashley Liberty’s violin playing has taken her from Maine to Miami and around the world. She has performed on stages in 13 different countries, some of which include Austria, Brazil, Israel and Japan. Ashley earned her Bachelor of Arts degree at Columbia University in New York City, and began her graduate studies at the Manhattan School of music later completing her Master of Music degree at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music as the violin teaching assistant. In Miami she has played with a wide range of artists including Bruce Hornsby, Andrea Bocelli, Bernadette Peters, Steve Miller and Ricky Skaggs. She has performed as the Concertmaster for the Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra for performances alongside Grammy nominated Tiempo Libre, and the Frost School of Music’s world premiere of the musical, Lanza, including actor Robert Davi. She led the orchestra, in the spring, in an HBO special with comedian Robert Klein. Ashley has performed many times as a member of the Naples Philharmonic and the Miami City Ballet Orchestra. She was also the lead violinist for the 12 Irish Tenors on their past two Canadian tours. Ashley frequently performs with her husband, pianist Daniel Strange, and the two recently completed their first album ‘Snapshot,’ which features a wide range of styles. Ashley is a certified O’Connor Violin Method teacher and she taught the method at the Berklee School of Music in Boston for the Mark O’Connor String Camp, and also at the inaugural O’Connor Method Camp in Charleston, South Carolina. Ashley is the violin instructor for 250 students at the Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart in Miami, Florida. She also conducts the Young Musicians Orchestra and teaches violin lessons for the Coral Gables Congregational Church Community for the Arts Conservatory Program.