Ashlyn Rock

Quick Facts

Languages: English
Musical Styles: Opera/Classical, Musical
Instruments: Voice
Specialized Skill Levels: All
Affiliations: The American Guild of Musical Artists

Accepting Adult students!

Teaching Mission: The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery. – Mark Van Doren

“I have been teaching with Mason Community Arts Academy since 2018 both privately and in group voice lessons. As a teacher, I am inspired by all those who have taught me. I hope I can be a vessel to assist in a person’s curious desire to learn something they are passionate and interested in practicing- whether it be a new passion, an old one, or an ingrained part of one’s personal image. I love teaching beginners, intermediate, and advanced students of all ages and walks of life. Whether you are looking to sing for fun, learn a new skill, or are a committed musician, you are welcome in my studio. Singing lessons are not just about learning music or learning how to ‘sing better.’ Lessons are a way for you to express yourself emotionally through song and discover parts of yourself and your identity. You should know that lessons are a safe space for you to express your interests, feelings, and emotions. We’re here to explore, to discover, to work, and to play!”

Background: Ashlyn Rock (soprano) was born in Boulder, Colorado, and moved at a young age to California and across the country to the East Coast where she currently resides in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Sterling, Virginia. Ashlyn started her undergraduate as an English major but was compelled to take voice lessons her sophomore year under the instruction tenor John Aler. She completed a Bachelor of Music with an English minor, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa Society (ΦΒΚ), America’s oldest and most prestigious honor society. She finds opera and art song contain the poetry and prose she loves in English, and believes classical music is the perfect pairing of her two major passions.  

Ashlyn graduated summa cum laude with her Masters at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where she studied with William McGraw and Thomas Baresel. She completes her Artist Diploma at CCM with Amy Johnson in May of 2024. Ashlyn has also studied with Ruth Falcon, Danielle Talamantes, and Elizabeth Daniels.  

When she is not studying music or teaching, Ashlyn enjoys practicing yoga, hiking, biking, reading, painting, writing poems and working on publishing her own book. 

Her awards and honors include: Judges Special Award and Finalist, Partners for the Arts Competition  (2023); First Prize, DC Chapter, Dorothy Lincoln-Smith Vocal Awards, National Society of Arts and Letters (2023); 3rd place Washington, DC Chapter, Dorothy Lincoln-Smith Vocal Awards, NSAL (2020); 3rd place Sue Goetz Ross Friday Morning Music Club Competition (spring 2019). 

Roles include: Celia (Iolanthe), The Dew Fairy (Hansel and Gretel), chorus in G.C. Menotti’sAmahl and the Night Visitors, Emmie (Albert Herring), and the title role in Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. She has covered and role studied La Contessa (Le nozze di Figaro), Monica (The Medium), and High Priestess (Aida). She has also sung Marie Celeste/Duchess Christina in Philip Glass’ Galileo Galilei. In 2022, Ashlyn performed in Cincinnati Opera’s Aida. More recently, Ashlyn performed as Sister Constance de St. Denis (Dialogues des Carmélites), Miss Lightfoot (Fellow Travelers), and Micaëla (Carmen) with Bel Cantanti Opera.