Ashton Davies is an American composer and horn player. Born in 2004, he began studying the horn in 2015. His performance experiences include performing solo, chamber, wind ensemble, and orchestral music.

 

In 2022, Ashton was named a Charlie Coté Scholarship recipient after winning a local composition competition. He has had works selected to be played at two consecutive CFAMC Conferences ('24 and '25) held at Houghton University (NY), and Indiana Wesleyan University (IN). In addition, Ashton has participated in and had music performed at the prestigious 2025 OBFCS Conference held at the University of Oregon. In 2025, he was also the recipient of The B. Falkenberg Fogg Scholarship for his dedication and investment in music. Davies is a huge fan of Williams, Adams, Herrmann, Bartók, Stravinsky, Ravel, and M. Richter, and is currently growing in his writing for both concert performance and film.

 

As a performer, Davies is an advocate for new music. In 2022, he was named an 'Outstanding Wind and Percussion Musician,' awarded to musicians with notable performance skills and in 2023 he was the Runner-up in the Wheaton College Concerto Competition Winds and Percussion Division performing the first half of John Williams’ virtuosic ‘Horn Concerto.’ Most recently, in 2024 he won the Winds and Percussion Division in that same competition on the second half of John Williams’ ‘Horn Concerto,’ and had the opportunity to perform it with the Wheaton College Symphony Orchestra. He has also premiered multiple new works by his collegiate colleagues in the Biannual Composer Concerts at Wheaton College.

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Davies has acted in many administrative roles as well. He has been the Freshman Representative and Social Chair for the Wheaton College Symphonic Band, and the Junior Representative for the Wheaton College Conservatory of Music.

 

Currently a senior studying music composition at Wheaton College in Illinois, Davies is a member of the Christian Fellowship of Art Music Composers (CFAMC).