Ashley received an honor mention of the 2009 Margaret Blackburn Biennial Composition Competition.

Intimate Rejection will be performed on Mar. 12th at Roulette by pianist Jenny Q Chai.

Intimate Rejection will be performed at the University of Huddersfield in Spring 2010.

Ashley will be participating a master class with composer Steven Stucky on Dec. 9th at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Ashley's String Quartet Retrogradable Dilution will be read by the JACK Quartet on Nov. 18th at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Ashley's new piece Yet for GuZheng (Chinese Zither) and mixed ensemble will be read at the University of Illinois New Music Ensemble reading on Dec. 1st.

Ashley will be the associate artist in resident at the Atlantic Center for the Arts working with composer David Felder in Spring 2010.

Intimate Rejection will be performed at the Ninth Festival of Women Composers by IUP faculty Dr. Henry Wong-Doe on Thursday, March 18 at 8:00 p.m. at the Ninth Festival of Women Composers' Festival Concert in Gorell Recital Hall.