Violinist Ann Rylands and pianist Bruce Ashton will present an all-French program of music at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Baylor School chapel off Signal Mountain Road. Featured will be compositions by Vieuxtemps, Ysaye, Debussy and Frank.
Dr. Ashton has been a soloist and professor of piano at Southern Adventist University most of his career. The Ohio native studied at Capital University in Columbus, the American Conservatory in Chicago and the University of Cincinnati. He and his family founded a chamber music program for students, called At First Sight, held every June on the Collegedale campus.
Rylands made her solo debut at age 17 with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in her native Texas after winning the G.B. Dealey Award. She studied at Oberlin College Conservatory, the Juilliard School and the University of South Carolina. She founded the Craftsbury Chamber Players, a summer group in northern Vermont, and has taught violin on the college level. She now has a private studio in Chattanooga teaching violin and viola students.
Admission is free. A reception will follow the program. For details, call Tom Schow at 267-8506, ext. 548.