Through her love and enthusiasm for music, Ashlyn Ronkes has been involved in the arts for the past 23
years. In 2019, she graduated with a Master of Music degree in violin performance from the College
Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati studying under Dr. Won Bin Yim, and with her Bachelor
of Music degree in violin performance with a minor in eurhythmics from the Cleveland Institute of
Music, studying under David Updegraff and Joan Kwuon. She has attended summer music festivals such
as the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, Brevard Music Center studying under William Preucil,
Round Top Summer Institute, and the Aspen Music Festival and School studying under Masao Kawasaki.
In 2010, she was awarded a scholarship and internship to the Sierra Academy of Music and attended the
Mammoth Lakes Music Festival in California.
Ashlyn won her first concerto competition in 2005 and soloed with the Claremont Youth
Symphony Orchestra. She also placed first in the Junior Chamber Music concerto competition
of 2011, performing as soloist with the Antelope Valley Symphony Orchestra. She competed in the
Satori String Competition of 2010, winning first in its Prodigy Bach, Prodigy Solo, and Open Solo
categories. For many years, Ashlyn had participated in the Suzuki Violin Graduation, completing Level
XII, and the Music Teachers Association Certificate of Merit Program, receiving Branch and Showcase
Honors. She has also enjoyed performing with the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, Firelands Symphony
Orchestra, Chagrin Falls Studio Orchestra, Riverside City College Symphony, Corona Symphony, and La
Sierra University Symphony.
As a chamber music enthusiast, Ashlyn was involved in Junior Chamber Music (JCM)
where her piano trio was selected to be in the honors program and toured Austria in 2012. In
Ashlyn’s home state of Southern California, she has performed community service as part of the New
World Piano Quintet, playing in hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, homes for the mentally
disabled, and for charity functions. She has taught private violin lessons and group lessons through
music programs such as My Cincinnati and Cincinnati Strings. In Ashlyn’s free time, she enjoys running
half marathons, hiking, relaxing in cafés, and drinking coffee. She continues to teach violin and perform
with Huntington Beach Symphony and at church.