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Ashley Knight
Classical Opera and Vocal / Experimental

www.ashleyknight.net



San Francisco, California
United States

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Member Since6/30/2006
Band Websitewww.ashleyknight.net
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Lil' old me....with the help of my brilliant friends and co-conspirators


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in no particular order....bjork, callas, ravel, slidecamp, caballe, zoe keating, handel, tipper, stravinsky, sigor ros, mozart, old tango, tin hat trio, prokofiev, autechre, paco de lucia, bach, cocorosie, diana damrau, kronos quartet, matmos, anna moffo, random rab, meredith monk, telafon tel aviv, varese, matmos, mahler, murcof, nwa, verdi, four tet, zemlinsky, portishead, nina simone, berg, tom waits, britten, susana baca, aphex twin, handel, r. strauss(!), varese, joanna newsom, the glitch mob...many many more... basically anything i can find that's unique and juicy and full of soul


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opera on the moon


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Nov 30 2009 8:00P
Art Song Recital at the UCLA Schoenberg School of Music Los Angeles, California
Nov 30 2009 8:00P
Soprano Soloist in Handel’s Messiah Los Angeles, California
Dec 5 2009 10:00A
Jane Austen Society of America Los Angeles, California
Dec 12 2009 8:30P
Bright Eyes at the Rec Center Los Angeles, California

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   About Ashley Knight

Soprano Ashley Knight has earned distinction in wildly varied contexts, from the traditional opera stage to the underground music scene. Ms. Knight is passionately devoted to dusting the cobwebs off of the operatic art form and making it compelling to the opera fan and the uninitiated alike. Ms. Knight performs frequently with the renowned west coast performance troupe El Circo (www.elcirco.org), a collective of performers, musicians, artists, and all around mad geniuses. She is a regular performer at the San Francisco restaurant/performance venue Supperclub (www.supperclub.com), where she can be found tossing off vocal fireworks hanging from the rafters or climbing on the tables. Ashley is also deeply involved with original music composition and multimedia collaboration, including projects with electronic music producers Bassnectar, Random Rab, Boreta, Slidecamp, and an ongoing partnership with experimental filmmaker Gwendolyn Dearborn.



In the more traditional opera realm, Ashley has performed the roles of Morgana in Alcina (Handel), Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart), Rose in Street Scene (Weill), Nella in Gianni Schicchi (Puccini); partial roles include the Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute (Mozart), the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti), Musetta in La Boheme (Puccini), Olympia in The Tales of Hoffmann (Offenbach), the title role in Semiramide (Rossini), Adele in Die Fledermaus (J. Strauss), Sophie in Werther (Massenet), and the title role in Linda di Chamounix (Donizetti). Roles in preparation include Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos (R. Strauss), The Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute (Mozart), and Le Feu/La Princesse/Le Rossignol in L'Enfant et les Sortilèges (Ravel). Ms. Knight was recently named a finalist the senior division of the Pacific Musical Society vocal competition and the Henry and Maria Holt Competition.



Ms Knight holds a Bachelor of Music in vocal performance from the University of California at Santa Cruz where she received the Dean's award for achievement in music and the Classical Music scholarship under the tutelage of soprano Patrice Maginnis. She received further training from Patricia McCaffery at the International Institute of Vocal Arts in Chiari, Italy and in New York City. While in Italy, Ms. Knight appeared with the Accademia alla Scala in Milan, and performed in the Concerti Lirici series at Villa Mazzotti in Chiari. She now studies with Catherine Cook in San Francisco.



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John Henry

John Henry



Dec 14 2009 11:28 PM

A gentleman's regards....
Sylvia Sass

Sylvia Sass



Dec 1 2009 12:24 AM

Brava.
gibbous

gibbous



Jun 7 2009 8:38 PM

excited to seee you!
DIVA DAN!!!

diva dan



May 13 2009 2:58 AM

Vote for me once a day everyday @ www.rupaulcasting.com/people/divadan
Show me some love! Many thanks and many kisses
Diva Dan
Avi

Avi Sabaduquia



Apr 17 2009 8:10 AM

Dude - the exploratorium pics on yr site are rather stunnning. I only hope you sounded as good as you looked ;)

That must've been a treat - I've always loved the exploratorium since I was a kid.

Peace, Abe
SIREN

SIREN



Mar 15 2009 9:56 AM

miss you
kevin m. kirker

kevin m. kirker



Mar 8 2009 8:28 PM

salutations! hope this year is treating you wonderfully and thank you for everything! ;D happy harping!
Avi Zev

Avi Zev



Feb 13 2009 2:10 AM

Hey Ashley,

congrats on your returning to school. My judgment is that you'll gain a lot. You've taken some time away from focusing on curricula, grown on your own, established your professional presence and now you're ready to capitalize:)

I wanted you to check this out, in case you felt like coming (and to make sure you weren't miffed about not getting invited). Bring whomever you'd like - Hope to see you there:

Hey friends!!

I'm turning 30 quite soon. :)

I'd love to celebrate with each of you on Saturday, Feb. 28th at my house 125 Franklin St., Santa Cruz.

Please arrive at 2:00 p.m. with some food, beverage and/or liquor to share. There will be a BBQ and live music starting at 3:00 p.m.!

Nathan Dennen has graciously accepted my request for him to play some of his original material; after that the band (sin nombre) that has been the outlet of my musical passion for the past year and a half will be rockin' out as well for at least an hour.

Please RSVP so I know how many elbows to expect.

Avi Sabaduquia (831) 345-9250
Edward

Edward



Feb 11 2009 2:07 AM

Hi Ashley-
Thanks for being my friend. I hope your singing career is going well.
Your friend,
Edward.
Mindful Innovations

Mindful Innovations



Feb 6 2009 6:16 AM

thanks for the friendship here, have a wonderful weekend ahead
♥ Lycée ♥

♥ Lycée ♥



Jan 28 2009 7:17 PM

You were in my dream last night and I woke with really cool vivid imagery that was uber inspiring.... I love you and I think, no, rather, I KNOW that you are amazing! Vocal acrobatics filled my dreamscape.... surreal transport into realms of old world fantasm. Meow...
Avi

Avi Sabaduquia



Jan 8 2009 9:35 PM

Thanks 4 asking, Ashley. I'm doing really well.

I work (along with Mira and Tawn) at a non-profit called Mariposa's Art. I earned a promotion and I'm now the music program director. We target "at-risk" (i.e. potential gang member)youths in Watsonville and the surrounding areas and teach them a skill depending on which class they choose to be in; Art, Ecology, Fitness or Music.

Then the coolest part is these high schoolers are empowered with the opportunity to teach, using the skills we've taught them, middle school students in the same area.

In the curriculum I create, students are taught music theory, rhythm and also guitar technique as well as a dash of history. I often wish I had this opportunity when I was eleven. Sigh.....

Of course it's not always easy. I judge only a few of these children will actually excel at music. Most are generally interested and the remainder are mostly little shits that will grow up to be big shits.
What can one expect from such an impoverished community, I guess.

Other than that, I sing at a church and also teach privately.

But enough about me, what were you up to in NYC? How's the singing career goin'?

Hope yr reaping some fruits as well.:)

L'chaim, Avi
Michele Bass

Michele Bass



Jan 8 2009 7:41 PM

been thinkin of u, sending a bundle of luv to the ethereal songbird xo
Jennifer

Jennifer Kay



Jan 8 2009 5:03 PM

oo!! What are you going to be singing at the de Young?
SWAN

SWAN



Jan 8 2009 5:37 AM

ooooh nice one! maybe i'll be around.
SWAN

SWAN



Dec 21 2008 9:41 AM

hope you're having an awesome time tonight.
wish i was there!!!
SWAN

SWAN



Dec 17 2008 7:05 AM

i miss you.
Avi

Avi Sabaduquia



Dec 16 2008 9:18 PM

So, apparently you know my co-workers who went to U.C.,
Mira Speare and Tawn Kennedy.
Crazy.

What's new with you?
gibbous

gibbous



Nov 23 2008 11:57 PM

yes lets sorry i am a bit behind on
correspondence& have to go out of town
for a week. lets tea party when i get back.
love.
Quiet Thunder

Quiet Thunder



Nov 17 2008 7:42 AM

Thanks for the add, beautiful Ashley.
Lenea

Lenea



Nov 16 2008 7:23 PM

I have been missing you
Smoochez!!
**KITTINHAWK**

**KITTINHAWK**



Nov 15 2008 5:58 AM

oooohhhh my god!!!
Beirut

Beirut



Nov 6 2008 3:16 AM

I need some of you in my life...gorgeous woman, how ARE you?? Nightingale I am missing you...
821

821



Oct 10 2008 10:42 AM

Much luv Ashley!
Hope all is well with you and
everybody appreciates your
swagger and your flair ; )
As for New York City....
Hmmm...
A cup of hot chocolate
would be nice : )
Keep on smilin sweetheart!
All the best...
Mahaloha!
-Eddie
SOULEYE

SOULEYE



Oct 13 2008 12:21 AM

Thinking of You,
Thought you might like to check this out, just watched it made me think of you..
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