Ava Ordman
Ava Ordman is associate professor of trombone and chair of the brass and percussion area at the Michigan State University College of Music.
She has extensive orchestral, chamber music, and solo performance experience. Ordman has performed regularly with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra; Cabrillo (CA) Music Festival Orchestra; Detroit Chamber Winds; Western Brass Quintet; and American Classic Trombone Quartet. Ordman was principal trombonist with the Grand Rapids Symphony for 24 years prior to moving to the Detroit area to train and work as a psychotherapist; teach low brass at Oakland University; and freelance as a trombonist.
Ordman has been a featured soloist with many orchestras throughout the United States, including her solo debut at Carnegie Hall with The American Symphony Orchestra. She has performed at several International Trombone Association workshops; the International Brassfest in Bloomington, IN; and the First International Women's Brass conference in St. Louis, MO. She also performed the world premiers of Steven Smith's "Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra" with the Eugene (Oregon) Symphony Orchestra; and Libby Larsen's "Mary Cassat" with the Grand Rapids Symphony. Both of these works were commissioned to be performed by Ordman.
She was a finalist in the Concert Artist Guild Competition; The Louise D. MacMahon International Solo Competition; and the International Trombone Competition in Toulon, France.
Ordman is featured on a Koss Classics CD of concertos by Donald Erb.
She earned her B.M. and M.M. in trombone performance from the University of Michigan, and her MA in Counseling Psychology from Western Michigan University.
Phil Sinder
Philip Sinder is professor of tuba and euphonium and a member of the faculty quintet "Beaumont Brass" at the Michigan State University College of Music.
He received a Bachelor of Music Education and Performer's Certificate from the Eastman School of Music, and a Master of Music from Wichita State University. Sinder has performed as tubist with the Detroit Symphony, the Michigan Opera Theatre, the Houston Symphony, the St. Louis Symphony, the Wichita Symphony, the Eastman Wind Ensemble, the Grand Rapids Symphony, the Colorado Music Festival, the Lansing Symphony, and the Brass Band of Battle Creek. He has a solo tuba CD, Aerodynamics, on Mark Records (1995). Sinder is a former faculty member of the Shepherd School of Music and Rice University. He is currently a member of the board of trustees for the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp and the Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival.
Ava Ordman is associate professor of trombone and chair of the brass and percussion area at the Michigan State University College of Music.
She has extensive orchestral, chamber music, and solo performance experience. Ordman has performed regularly with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra; Cabrillo (CA) Music Festival Orchestra; Detroit Chamber Winds; Western Brass Quintet; and American Classic Trombone Quartet. Ordman was principal trombonist with the Grand Rapids Symphony for 24 years prior to moving to the Detroit area to train and work as a psychotherapist; teach low brass at Oakland University; and freelance as a trombonist.
Ordman has been a featured soloist with many orchestras throughout the United States, including her solo debut at Carnegie Hall with The American Symphony Orchestra. She has performed at several International Trombone Association workshops; the International Brassfest in Bloomington, IN; and the First International Women's Brass conference in St. Louis, MO. She also performed the world premiers of Steven Smith's "Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra" with the Eugene (Oregon) Symphony Orchestra; and Libby Larsen's "Mary Cassat" with the Grand Rapids Symphony. Both of these works were commissioned to be performed by Ordman.
She was a finalist in the Concert Artist Guild Competition; The Louise D. MacMahon International Solo Competition; and the International Trombone Competition in Toulon, France.
Ordman is featured on a Koss Classics CD of concertos by Donald Erb.
She earned her B.M. and M.M. in trombone performance from the University of Michigan, and her MA in Counseling Psychology from Western Michigan University.
Phil Sinder
Philip Sinder is professor of tuba and euphonium and a member of the faculty quintet "Beaumont Brass" at the Michigan State University College of Music.
He received a Bachelor of Music Education and Performer's Certificate from the Eastman School of Music, and a Master of Music from Wichita State University. Sinder has performed as tubist with the Detroit Symphony, the Michigan Opera Theatre, the Houston Symphony, the St. Louis Symphony, the Wichita Symphony, the Eastman Wind Ensemble, the Grand Rapids Symphony, the Colorado Music Festival, the Lansing Symphony, and the Brass Band of Battle Creek. He has a solo tuba CD, Aerodynamics, on Mark Records (1995). Sinder is a former faculty member of the Shepherd School of Music and Rice University. He is currently a member of the board of trustees for the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp and the Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival.
