Oboist Ashley Rollins is a performer and prolific private teacher in the Dallas area, and is Adjunct Professor of Oboe at Collin College and Austin College. With her passion for teaching, she maintains a very private lesson studio with many highly successful students. In 2019, she chose and presented the Texas all-state etudes; she has also performed chamber music and presented on vibrato at the IDRS convention. She is a member of the Sherman Symphony and frequently performs with local and regional orchestras including the Allen Symphony, the San Angelo Symphony, and the Amarillo Symphony. She is the founder of the reed trio Fenglírë, which has been a finalist for the American Prize in professional chamber music performance. he has studied at the Blair School of Music, the University of Michigan, and the University of North Texas, where she worked as the oboe studio’s graduate teaching assistant. Her primary teachers have been Ellen Menking, Dr. Nancy King, and James Ryon.