Ashlin Hunter

Ashlin Hunter is a Los Angeles-based composer and educator. Her artistic practice includes electroacoustic composition, generative sound installations, computer music, and acoustic concert music. Ashlin prioritizes discovery in the creative process by building digital compositional tools that expand iterative practices and use the computer as a musical collaborator. Her recent projects put generative computer systems in dialogue with her earliest musical memories of sacred music from Oklahoma, exploring the relationship between electronic music and musical heritage.

Ashlin’s music has been performed across the United States and in Europe, including performances at Cincinnati’s concert:nova, the Aspen Music Festival, the University of Nebraska-Kearney New Music Festival, the OK Electric Festival, the Cortona Sessions for New Music (Cortona, Italy) and the National Opera Center (NYC). Ashlin is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts in Music Composition at the University of Southern California, where her research is focused on music teaching and learning, disability and accessibility in music spaces, and electronic music. She holds a Master of Music in Composition from USC and a Bachelor of Music in Composition from Bowling Green State University.

With extensive experience working with students from elementary school to graduate levels, Ashlin is committed to inclusive and accessible music education. Her teaching philosophy is informed by disability and accessibility research in music spaces, ensuring that all students can engage with music and technology in a welcoming environment. Ashlin is a Max Certified Trainer, and is available to teach workshops and one-on-one lessons in Max both virtually and in person. Her specialties include leading introductory seminars to demonstrate how Max can broaden musical practices as well as teaching workshops and lessons on live-processing instruments and electroacoustic composition.