Ashley Keith Davis is a native of Memphis, Tennessee. Ashley has 30+ years experience as a music professional in both music education and in the music industry, having served as a principal tutor, lecturer, music professor, artistic director, music school administrator, vocal coach, concert artist, & consultant, and has performed & traveled in over 23 countries. He has served as the Artistic Director of the Stax Music Academy in Memphis, TN, Assistant Professor of Music and Coordinator of the Music Department & Sacred Music Studies at LeMoyne-Owen College, Memphis, TN, Founding Conductor of the Soulsville Symphony Orchestra, Conductor for the renowned Texas College Concert Choir & Department Head, and the Dean of Musical Studies for Friends International Christian University’s Christian Ministry Institute in London, England. Currently, Ashley is a Professor of Modern Music & Keyboard Division Head at Visible Music College of Memphis. He has obtained both undergraduate & graduate degrees in the areas of commercial music, sacred music, & organ. He has studied at the University of Memphis, the American Conservatory of Music, Trinity College of Music in London, England, the City College of New York in New York City, and Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ. Ashley is an accomplished musician, songwriter, and producer. He remains in constant demand worldwide as a clinician and consultant. Some of his accomplishments include:
- Founder and CEO of the Kerygma Music Initiative (KMI), a music ministry conglomerate consisting of a record label, production company, publishing company, and a church music consulting firm.
- President, Vision Records & Entertainment/EMI
- Musical Director, Michael & Regina Winans
- Musical Director, National Civil Rights Museum’s “Freedom Awards”
- Songwriter/Producer/Session Musician/Music Director credits include: James Ingram, Peabo Bryson, Freda Payne, Edwin Hawkins, Billy Paul, Faith Hill, Kim Burrell, Todd Culberhouse, Ralph Sutton, Candi Staton, Wendy Moten, Rabia Nasim, Kid Creole & thee Coconuts, Betty Lavette, Vaneese Thomas, Rufus Thomas, The Reddings, Glenn Jones, Howard Hewett, Stevie Wonder, Yolanda Adams, Donnie McClurkin, Maynes Entertainment (Christopher Williams, Al B. Sure!, CASE, “Who’s the Man?” movie soundtrack), Rev. Timothy Wright, Philippe Saisse, Kirk Whalum, the Richard Smallwood Singers, Gary Garland Houston, Atlantic Starr, Michael & Regina Winans, Cheryl Porter, Chris Willis, Nita Whittaker, Leon Parker, Eli Wilson, Edsel Davis, IGM Italy, Four Plus One, Azzurro Records, MCA Records, RCA Records & various independent labels.
- Recording Artist for “Ev’rytime I Feel the Spirit: Live at the Teatro Olimpico,” CD, Vicenza, Italy
- Recipient of the prestigious Louis Armstrong Jazz Award
- Recipient of the Judges’ Distinguished Performer Award, Yamaha Organ Festival, Tokyo, Japan
- Composer for the Emmy-nominated PBS documentary, “The Least Among Us”
- Resident Composer for Moss Pictures, London, England/Lagos, Nigeria AFRICA
