Ashley Rescot is a professional violinist, educator, writer, and Fulbright Scholar. She ran her own violin studio for a decade before accepting the position of children’s choir and orchestra director, as well as French teacher, at Trinity Lutheran School. She lives with her husband and two children.
In 2021, Ashley published two works of music fiction, The Chronicles of Music Majors, and A Change in Tune that depict the lives of musicians while weaving in famous historical works of music. Her second novel, Sunflowers in Paris, is scheduled to release in Spring, 2026. Stay tuned!
She has also recorded four Christmas albums.
An aficionado of music, pedagogy, family, faith, and language, she writes about her life as a musician.
Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance
Master of Arts in French Literature
At the age of two, Ashley began violin under her mother’s tutelage. Family performances with her mom, four sisters, aunts, cousins, and grandmother comprise her fondest childhood memories.
Her senior year in high school, Ashley served as concertmaster of her youth symphony in Kansas and won the youth talent concerto competition to solo with the orchestra. Afterward, she moved to Texas for college where she received a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance and minors in French and English.
In addition to violin, Ashley developed a passion for French, especially French music. She spent a year abroad in Paris, France as a Fulbright scholar where she taught English and collaborated with local musicians. The experience opened her eyes to another culture which influenced her perspective as a creative artist and educator.
She returned to the Midwest to teach collegiate French language courses and earn a Master of Arts in French literature. After graduation, she moved to the greater Chicago area where she taught French at a regional university and grew her private violin studio. She was a participant on a reading committee and voted in the Prix Roblès, an award for first-time French novelists. Ashley enjoyed attending the award ceremony in Blois, France in 2013 where she met the winning author who had written a music novel set in Europe during World War II.
In Spring, 2021, Ashley published a collection of short stories The Chronicles of Music Majors, followed by her debut novel A Change in Tune in the fall of the same year.
In November, 2022, Ashley realized her lifelong dream to release a Christmas music album. She has now recorded 4 separate Christmas albums!
Today, Ashley loves to work with her children, students, perform with family and friends, and write about all things music and French. She especially enjoys spending time with her husband and two children. She is blessed to teach French, and music at her children’s school She has also been a member of her family group Uptown Violins, the SSA music teachers’ society, the ACFW writers’ association, and is an active musician at her church. As a veteran performer and pedagogue, she strives to pass on her love of music and language to the next generation.