Ava Ordman

Ava Ordman, associate professor of trombone at Michigan State University, has extensive orchestral, chamber music, and solo performance experience. She 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 Festivals; the International Brassfest in Bloomington and the first International Women's Brass Conference in St. Louis. 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. 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. (Bach)

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