Maddie Ashman

Maddie Ashman is a multi-instrumentalist and composer, based in London.

Her compositional career kicked off in 2017, when Maddie became musical director of Slipshod Theatre, writing original music for sell-out production The Babushka. Her interdisciplinary work has since included writing for film, podcasts and art exhibitions. In April, Maddie released her debut EP ‘Don’t Come Back’. She has reached over 40k streams with her songs, her style blending silky vocals, warm cello melodies and intricate rhythmic guitar patterns. Recently, Maddie has taken an interest in microtonality, particularly Just Intonation. She aspires to bring overlooked tuning systems and their rich sound worlds into media composition and popular music, including in Piano Factory Films’ upcoming release Mudlark.

Maddie's website

Work(s) for Slide Action:

  • for 4 trombones and electronics

Facts About Maddie:

“Over the Spring UK Covid lockdown, Maddie challenged herself to write a new song every week led by cello, in the process racking up over 100,000 Instagram views”

“Aside from writing music, Maddie plays cello for Tom Rosenthal, and enjoys writing string parts for a number of emerging artists, such as Ciaran Austin, Harry Nye and Elise Aeserbold.”