Mrs. Ashley Hillman has been teaching Music for 23 years. Her first teaching position took her to Rising City Public Schools, where she taught marching band, swing choir, and elementary general music for four years, and then to Omaha Public Schools, where she taught elementary general music for three years. Mrs. Hillman moved to Michigan for a year and had a private music studio before returning to the Scottsbluff area. She taught music K-12 in Minatare before coming to Scottsbluff Public Schools. She is a Scottsbluff High School Alum and was active in the Orchestra in high school. This is her 13th year with Scottsbluff Orchestra. She also teaches the Violin Sprouts program(ages 3-4-5)  at the Carpenter Center.  In addition,  she is the adjunct string teacher for Western Nebraska Community College and the Monumental Strings.