UCA Low Brass Workshop
The 2017 UCA Low Brass Workshop will take place on November 3 and 4. This year's guest artists are Ava Ordman and Phil Sinder from Michigan State University!
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Ava Ordman has been the Professor of Trombone at Michigan State University since August 2002. Shortly after joining the faculty at MSU, she was appointed to the principal trombone position of the Lansing Symphony Orchestra. Ordman is also the principal trombonist of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music Orchestra that performs in Santa Cruz (CA) every summer and is a member of the Beaumont Brass, the faculty brass quintet at MSU. Prior to her appointment at MSU, Ordman had been principal trombone of the Grand Rapids Symphony for 24 years. She then relocated to the Detroit area where she worked as a psychotherapist at the Guidance Center in Southgate, taught low brass at Oakland University, and freelanced 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 performing Donald Erb’s “Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra”. She has been a featured artist at four International Trombone Festivals, the International Brassfest in Bloomington (IN), the Eastern Trombone Workshop (Washington DC); and four International Women's Brass Conferences held throughout the United States. Ordman also performed the world premiers of Steven Smith's "Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra" with the Eugene (OR) Symphony Orchestra and Libby Larsen's "Mary Cassatt for Mezzo-Soprano, Trombone, and Orchestra" with the Grand Rapids Symphony. Both of these works were written for Ordman and, along with Donald Erb’s “Concerto, have been performed by her throughout the country.
Ordman was a finalist in the Concert Artist Guild Competition (NY City) in 1991, the Louise D. MacMahon International Solo Competition (Lawton, OK) in 1993, and a semi-finalist at the International Trombone Competition in Toulon, France in 1983. She is the featured trombone soloist on a Koss Classics' CD of concertos by Donald Erb and on the CD entitled "Simple Gifts" -the Music of Frank Ticheli. In January 2017, Ordman released her first solo CD entitled “It’s About Time” works for solo trombone by women composers. She earned her B.M. and M.M. in trombone performance from the University of Michigan in 1975 and a M.A. in Counseling Psychology from Western Michigan University in 1998. Ordman’s primary teachers were Frank Crisafulli and Arnold Jacobs of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Glen Dodson of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Glenn P. Smith from the University of Michigan, and Mark McDunn from DePaul University.
Philip Sinder is professor of tuba and euphonium at the Michigan State University College of Music. His students are found in performance and teaching positions throughout the United States, and have won awards in numerous performance competitions. Sinder has performed with many leading ensembles, including the Detroit Symphony, Chicago Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Mariinsky Orchestra, and Houston Symphony. He is a founding member of the Brass Band of Battle Creek, and also performs frequently with the Lansing Symphony, Michigan Opera Theatre, and the Beaumont Brass Quintet of MSU. His solo tuba recording, “Aerodynamics”, has received strong critical acclaim, and he has performed on over 20 large ensemble and brass quintet recordings. In 2009, Sinder was the recipient of the Withrow Excellence in Teaching Award at Michigan State University, and in 2017 he received the International Tuba Euphonium Association Excellence in Teaching Award. He currently serves as chairman for the Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival, and since 2005 has been a Valade Teaching Fellow at the Interlochen Arts Camp. Sinder earned a Bachelor of Music Education degree and Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music, and a Master of Music degree from Wichita State University.
Ordman has been a featured soloist with many orchestras throughout the United States, including her solo debut at Carnegie Hall with the American Symphony performing Donald Erb’s “Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra”. She has been a featured artist at four International Trombone Festivals, the International Brassfest in Bloomington (IN), the Eastern Trombone Workshop (Washington DC); and four International Women's Brass Conferences held throughout the United States. Ordman also performed the world premiers of Steven Smith's "Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra" with the Eugene (OR) Symphony Orchestra and Libby Larsen's "Mary Cassatt for Mezzo-Soprano, Trombone, and Orchestra" with the Grand Rapids Symphony. Both of these works were written for Ordman and, along with Donald Erb’s “Concerto, have been performed by her throughout the country.
Ordman was a finalist in the Concert Artist Guild Competition (NY City) in 1991, the Louise D. MacMahon International Solo Competition (Lawton, OK) in 1993, and a semi-finalist at the International Trombone Competition in Toulon, France in 1983. She is the featured trombone soloist on a Koss Classics' CD of concertos by Donald Erb and on the CD entitled "Simple Gifts" -the Music of Frank Ticheli. In January 2017, Ordman released her first solo CD entitled “It’s About Time” works for solo trombone by women composers. She earned her B.M. and M.M. in trombone performance from the University of Michigan in 1975 and a M.A. in Counseling Psychology from Western Michigan University in 1998. Ordman’s primary teachers were Frank Crisafulli and Arnold Jacobs of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Glen Dodson of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Glenn P. Smith from the University of Michigan, and Mark McDunn from DePaul University.
Philip Sinder is professor of tuba and euphonium at the Michigan State University College of Music. His students are found in performance and teaching positions throughout the United States, and have won awards in numerous performance competitions. Sinder has performed with many leading ensembles, including the Detroit Symphony, Chicago Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Mariinsky Orchestra, and Houston Symphony. He is a founding member of the Brass Band of Battle Creek, and also performs frequently with the Lansing Symphony, Michigan Opera Theatre, and the Beaumont Brass Quintet of MSU. His solo tuba recording, “Aerodynamics”, has received strong critical acclaim, and he has performed on over 20 large ensemble and brass quintet recordings. In 2009, Sinder was the recipient of the Withrow Excellence in Teaching Award at Michigan State University, and in 2017 he received the International Tuba Euphonium Association Excellence in Teaching Award. He currently serves as chairman for the Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival, and since 2005 has been a Valade Teaching Fellow at the Interlochen Arts Camp. Sinder earned a Bachelor of Music Education degree and Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music, and a Master of Music degree from Wichita State University.
Low Brass Workshop Schedule
November 3 and 4, 2017
Snow Fine Arts
University of Central Arkansas
Friday November 3rd:
7:30-9 – Recital featuring guest artists Ava Ordman and Phil Sinder and UCA students and faculty
Saturday November 4th:
8:30a – Registration
9:00a - Group Warm-up with Dr. Cook and Dr. Robertson
10:15a - Arkansas Select Ensemble Rehearsals OR Scales, Tunes, and More with the UCA Low
Brass Grads Students!
11:00a – Lunch
12:00p – Joint Recital with Ava Ordman and Phil Sinder
1:00p – Setting up NOW for Your Future – A Round Table Discussion with Dr. Cook and Dr.
Robertson
2:00p – Masterclass with Ava Ordman and Phil Sinder
3:30p – Mass Choir Rehearsal
4:15p – Set Stage/Change into concert attire/Break
5:00p – Finale Concert
