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Get in touch with Ashby via email or phone:

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A small snippet from my recent orchestra recording

A small snippet from my recent orchestra recording of Weber's Andante e Rondo Ongarese! Have you watched the full recording yet?!

Available to view on Facebook & YouTube 😁🙏

https://youtu.be/jrilyPQD2po
https://fb.watch/73WzLlxjKy/

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After months of thought and planning, I'm thrilled

After months of thought and planning, I'm thrilled to present MayesMusic; my very own publishing company! MayesMusic is an online music store with most of my bassoon/wind ensemble arrangements available to buy and download in PDF form. Whilst the shop is not hugely populated, I'm very happy to finally have a place to share my own arrangements and I'm sure it will fill up in the years to come.

To purchase printed paper copies or to discuss commissions, contact me via direct message or email (ashbymayes@gmail.com).

I'd like to thank Ian Calow (from Calow Music Design Ltd) for building the shop for me and Kristian Oma Rønnes from KOR Publishing for his advice and guidance on arranging.

https://www.ashbymayes.com/mayes-music/

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It's time to share some of my final moments at col

It's time to share some of my final moments at college... 😭

Here is my penultimate concert at the RCM - performing Rachmaninov's monster Piano Concerto No. 2 with the incredible George Harliono! Fantastic first time working with conductor Jonathon Heyward too 💪 Nothing beats the feeling of being part of an orchestra playing music like this 😍

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I'm overjoyed to have graduated from the Royal Col

I'm overjoyed to have graduated from the Royal College of Music with First Class Honours! I have had an incredible four years and have enjoyed every moment. Thank you everyone who helped me through it; my professors, friends & family (especially my wonderful Mum). I cannot wait to continue my studies in September! 🇩🇪

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Delighted and incredibly grateful that my Masters

Delighted and incredibly grateful that my Masters studies in Mannheim will be supported by scholarships from the Royal Philharmonic Society (Julius Isserlis Scholarship), The Countess of Munster Musical Trust and the Craxton Memorial Trust. Without them, my studies would not be possible.

THANK YOU! 🙏🎶

RPS Press Release: https://royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/performers/instrumentalists/study-abroad/past-isserlis/ashby-mayes

📸 @oliviadacostaphoto

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A great woodwind team in my penultimate project at

A great woodwind team in my penultimate project at the RCM! Lovely programme of Britten, Bridge, Debussy and Rachmaninoff (2nd Piano Concerto performed by @georgeharliono). Recording coming in the next few weeks 🙌 🎶

Going to miss this place!

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Absolutely over the moon to share that I have been

Absolutely over the moon to share that I have been accepted onto the Masters course at the Hochschule für Musik Mannheim to study with Prof. Ole Kristian Dahl! 🇩🇪 🎶

Very lucky to have managed to make it out to Germany at such short notice and can't wait to move out to here again in September 💪😁

Congrats to the other new class members James, Thomia & Francisco! 🙏

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Final mastering & editing all done! Tune in on Tue

Final mastering & editing all done! Tune in on Tuesday 6th July at 19:30 (BST 🇬🇧) to watch my performance of Weber's Andante e Rondo Ongarese. 🎶

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Huge thank you to these two for everything on my r

Huge thank you to these two for everything on my recent Weber project! 🎶
Very grateful for the fantastic conducting from Ondřej Soukup and brilliant leading from Mira Marton 🙏😁

📸 Photo by Laura Williamson
@laura_aw98 @bellrock_photography

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Over the past two days, I've been rehearsing and r

Over the past two days, I've been rehearsing and recording Weber's Andante e Rondo Ongarese with socially distanced orchestra. It's been a crazy project to organise and fix the orchestra, record and edit the video and I cannot say how grateful I am to the musicians of the orchestra for giving up their time to record this piece with me! I've had such a brilliant time. 🙏🎶

Looking forward to sharing some more photos and the video recording next week! 😍

📸 Photos by Laura Williamson 🙌
@bellrock_photography @laura_aw98

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Some screenshots from my Final Recital on Tuesday!

Some screenshots from my Final Recital on Tuesday! 🎶

If you would like to listen to the recording, send me a message and I will share the private link with you. 😁🙏

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And just like that, my four years at the RCM are o

And just like that, my four years at the RCM are over!! Had so much fun performing in my Final Recital today and am so grateful to Kumi, Lucía and Adam for their dedication to this performance 🙏🤍

Thank you to everyone who came and watched; in the Performance Hall, and from the screen outside! 😁

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Tomorrow is the day! I'm very excited (and nervous

Tomorrow is the day! I'm very excited (and nervous, but mostly excited.. 😁) to perform in my Final Recital at the Royal College of Music 😄

I will be joined by three wonderful musicians; Kumi Matsuo (harpsichord & piano), Lucía Polo Moreno (double bass) & Adam Cracknell (percussion).

Programme:
Get It! Duet for Bassoon & Percussion (2011) 4'
Gene Koshinski (b. 1980)

Sonata in E minor TWV 41:e5 (1739-40) 7'
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
i. Cantabile, ii. Allegro, iii. Recitativo, iv. Vivace

Andante e Rondo Ongarese Op. 35 (1813) 10'
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)

- Short Interval -

Monolog für Fagott (1983/84) 11'
Isang Yun (1917-1995)

Premier Solo (1894) 5'
Eugéne Bourdeau (1850-1925)

Note to RCM Friends who've asked:
I'm afraid there are no audience spaces left, sorry!

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Really looking forward to performing Mozart's Sinf

Really looking forward to performing Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante for Winds in August later this year with the Watford Youth Sinfonia! 😁🎶

You can purchase livestream tickets on this link 😉

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/watford-youth-sinfonia-summer-concert-the-livestream-tickets-158142218633

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Featuring a lineup of incredible WYS soloists, this isn’t one to miss...

THE PROGRAM
Bruch: Double Concerto - featuring Kath Roberts and Toby Warr
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante - featuring Henrietta Cooke, Ashby Mayes, Freya Spence and Joe Longstaff
Schumann: Symphony No.4

Livestream tickets now available at link in bio. Stay tuned for further information about in-person tickets 🎶

See you soon!

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The last recording I have to share is of Isang Yun

The last recording I have to share is of Isang Yun's Monolog für Fagott. I've never attempted a piece quite like this one before but over the months I've been learning it this year, I've developed a strong connection with it. Here is a particularly intense section from the middle of the piece (with plenty of high Eb's!).

Also, if you don't know anything about Yun, he's got some interesting stories if you do some research...

Full recording available to watch in 4K on YouTube here:
https://youtu.be/9EfoWWfADWA

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Still buzzing from my recent live performance with

Still buzzing from my recent live performance with the wonderful team that is the Echo Ensemble! I'm very grateful to all the musicians, composers and to Noah Max for such a special week of music making. 😁🙏

Looking forward to sharing some recordings soon 🤞

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Here is a section of one of my favourite pieces fo

Here is a section of one of my favourite pieces for bassoon; Weber's Andante e Rondo Ongarese. I have always connected well with Weber's music, I think because it is characterful and cheeky, a distinctive personality trait of mine..!

Incredibly grateful to be accompanied by Kumi in this 😁🙏

Full recording available to watch in 4K on YouTube here:
https://youtu.be/1cr2rgJlxkE

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*My website is under construction!* 🚧 Current

*My website is under construction!* 🚧

Currently undergoing a slight redesign, and implementing a very EXCITING new section... Can't wait to release this... 😁🎶

📸 @alexhenshawpercussion

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Recently, I've been doing a lot of recording in pr

Recently, I've been doing a lot of recording in preparation for my Final Recital and also for my Master's applications, so I thought I'd share a few snippets over the next week from the three pieces I've recorded.

First up is a section of the third movement (Recitative & Arioso) from Telemann's Sonata in E Minor. I'm very grateful to Lucía and Kumi for accompanying me for this recording, and very much looking forward to performing it on the 15th!

Full recording available to watch in HD on YouTube here:
https://youtu.be/bR8XrxtqTw0

@luciapolo
@pinetail93

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Great to listen back to my recent performance of B

Great to listen back to my recent performance of Beethoven's Sixth Symphony - here's the opening Clarinet and Bassoon solo, playing next to the incredible Andrei Caval 💪 🎶

@andreicavalclarinet

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