Ashley Lynd

Education

  • New Trier Township High School Graduate
  • Drake University (Des Moines, IA)
    • Bachelor of Arts in Music (Voice)
  • University College Cork (Cork, Ireland)
    • Study Abroad

Training and Performance Highlights

  • Recipient of Chris Tkalcevic memorial scholarship for her achievement in performing arts and teaching.
  • Favorite performances include: Oklahoma, Le Nozze Di Figaro, and Guys and Dolls, Messiah (Handel), The Creation (Hayden), Requiem (Mozart), Grand Messe des Morts (Berlioz) and the Ninth Symphony (Beethoven) with the Des Moines Symphony.
  • Proud former member of New Trier Concert and Choir Opera Ensembles, Drake University Concert Choir and Drake Choir, and Chicago’s Apollo Chorus.

Teaching Experience

  • CGPAC teacher (Cary)
  • Saint Peter and Saint Paul School PK-8 Music (Cary)
  • Harper College (Palatine)
  • Rootz (Northbrook)
  • The Music Room (Palatine)
  • Starland (Deerfield)
  • Northlight Theatre (Skokie)
  • Wilmette Children’s Theatre
  • Sears School Performing Arts Camp (Kenilworth)
  • New Trier High School (Winnetka)

Personal

Ashley and her husband Erik moved to Algonquin in the summer of 2015 after ten a years in the city. They live with their three cats, who are the light of their lives. When not teaching, Ashley is happy to work as a theatre technician at Harper College, where she can be found hanging her legs off the catwalk and trying not to drop her wrench. Outside of work, she volunteers at Willowbrook Wildlife Center helping rehabilitate injured or ill wildlife. Her favorite animals so far have been the flying squirrels, the woodchucks, baby raccoons and the birds of prey.