Ruby Ashley is a lecturer in oboe studies at the RIAM. She has extensive experience in training students who become national prize-winners and members of professional orchestras in Ireland and Europe.

Ruby studied with Janet Craxton and subsequently at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester. She continued her studies at the Nordwestdeutsche Musik-akademie and with Ray Still in Chicago, USA. In 1982 Ruby attended Goldsmiths College, London University to undertake orchestral studies at the National Centre for Orchestral Studies gaining the Diploma in Orchestral Studies in 1983. Ruby completed her Masters Degree in music in 2008; her specialist study was oboe reeds.

Ruby was a founding member of one of Ireland’s most respected and active chamber ensembles, the Degani Ensemble. For Music Network, the Degani Ensemble has toured extensively, including performances with soprano Cara O’Sullivan.