Conductor
and Performer
Greig Ashurst is a dynamic conductor who brings over 30 years of teaching and conducting experience to people of all ages on all instruments. Through his experience in conducting professional orchestras and community bands, school and church choirs, handbell and percussion ensembles, and numerous other instrumental and vocal ensembles, Mr. Ashurst is uniquely positioned to bring unprecedented musical nuance to musicians of all ages and experience levels.
Conductor
2020 West Tenneessee Handbell Festival Memphis, TN
2019 Distinctly Teen (HMA National Conference) St Louis, MO
2019 Central Alabama Handbell Festival Tuscaloosa, AL
2019 Vermilion Parish Honor Choir Abbeville, LA
2019 Anthornis Hanbell Event Minneapolis, MN
2017 All-Acadiana Veteran’s Day Band Lafayette, LA
2017 Lafayette Concert Band Fall Concert Lafayette, LA
2017 Area VI Handbell Festival Memphis, TN
2016 SLBDA District Honor Band Lafayette, LA
2015 Vermilion Parish Honor Band Abbeville, LA
2014 Gulf Coast Handbell Association Biloxi, LA
2014 Vermilion Parish Honor Choir Abbeville, LA
2012 Greater Dallas Handbell Association Festival Dallas, TX
2011 Raleigh Ringers Music Festival Raleigh, NC
2010 Music and Worship Arts Week Lake Junaluska, NC
2010 Acadiana Symphony 4th of July Concert Lafayette, LA
2009 AGEHR Area II Festival Scranton, PA
2009 North Texas Handbell Festival Allen, TX
2009 Greater Dallas Handbell Assoc. Spring Festival Richardson, TX
2009 Utah State Spring Ring Handbell Festival Salt Lake City, UT
2009 Raleigh Ringers Young Ringers Festival Raleigh, NC
2009 Lafayette High School Symphonic Band Camp Lafayette, LA
2008 AGEHR Area II Festival Split Rock, PA
2008 SLBDA District Honor Band Lafayette, LA
2007 North Hills Handbell Festival Pittsburgh, PA
2006 Festival de Campanas Ponce, Puerto Rico
2006 North Hills Handbell Festival Pittsburgh, PA
2006 North Carolina Baptist Handbell Festival Winston-Salem, NC
2006 Festival de Campanas Ponce, Puerto Rico
2005 Lafayette Concert Band – Assistant Conductor Lafayette, LA
2005 Music Week Lake Junaluska, NC
2005 Columbus Spring Music Festival Columbus, OH
2005 North Carolina Baptist Handbell Festival Winston-Salem, NC
2005 Lafayette High School Symphonic Band Camp Lafayette, LA
2004 Handbell Exploration International Hershey, PA
2004 AGEHR Area VII Festival Duluth, MN
2003 Alabama Handbell Festival Birmingham, AL
2003 AGEHR Area II Festival Kutztown, PA
2003 Alabama Handbell Festival Birmingham, AL
2003 Raleigh Ringers Young Ringers Festival Raleigh, NC
2002 Concordia University Summer Music Camp Irvine, CA
2003 AGEHR Area III Youth Festival Towson, MD
2002 Virginia All-South Honor Band Blackstone, VA
2001 All-County Honor Band Chatham, NC
Percussionist
2020 Distinctly Bronze New Bern, NC
2008-present Chorale Acadienne (Timpanist) Lafayette, LA
2007-present Acadian Winds Lafayette, LA
2005-present Acadiana Symphony (on call) Lafayette, LA
2005-present Asbury UMC Orchestra (Timpanist) Lafayette, LA
2005-2006 Lafayette Concert Band Lafayette, LA
2003-2005 Meadows Percussion Ensemble Dallas, TX
2003-2005 Meadows Wind Ensemble Dallas, TX
2000 Orange County Arts Week Hillsborough, NC
2000 Soloist, AGEHR Festival Winston-Salem, NC
1999 Soloist, AGEHR Festival Chesapeake, VA
1999 Soloist, AGEHR Festival Chesapeake, VA
1999 Soloist, AGEHR Festival Chesapeake, VA
1988 – 1998 Acadiana Symphony (on-call) Lafayette, LA
1998 – 1999 Crescent City Concert Band New Orleans, LA
1996 Soloist, Lafayette Concert Band Lafayette, LA
1996 Soloist, Lafayette High School New York, NY
Carnegie Hall performance
1994 - 1996 UL-LafayettteUniv. Orchestra Lafayette, LA
1990 - 1995 UL-Lafayette Univ. Wind Ensemble Lafayette, LA
1990 - 1996 University Percussion Ensembles Lafayette, LA