Ashley Scott is the Director of the Sinfonia and Camerata ensembles with the Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra as well as Music Director at Dahlonega United Methodist Church in Dahlonega, Georgia. She also serves as Professor of Violin and Viola at North Georgia College & State University.

Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Ashley received her Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting from Florida State University where she studied with Dr. Alexander Jimenez. While at FSU, Ashley served as orchestra librarian and assistant conductor in the university orchestral program. This gave her the opportunity to perform works from Beethoven to Mozart to Lutoslawski with the University Philharmonia and University Symphony.

Ashley completed her Bachelor of Music in Viola Performance with Dr. Kathryn Steely at Baylor University. A partnership between conductor Stephen Heyde in the Baylor School of Music and the Honors Program allowed her to study conducting while an undergraduate. As a final project for the Honors Program, she had the unique opportunity to be the first student to lead a full symphony concert with the Baylor Symphony Orchestra.

An active performer, teacher and string chamber music coach, Ashley divided her time during the summer of 2006 between a tour of Costa Rica with the XVI Credomatic International Music Festival of Costa Rica and serving as a chamber music coach and viola teacher at Credo Chamber Music Camp. Credo is a summer program for advanced string players at Oberlin Conservatory, led by Peter Slowik.

Ashley currently lives near Atlanta with her husband, percussionist Dave Cochran Scott.

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