Fred Ormand

Professor Emeritus of Clarinet
formand@umich.edu

Professor Ormand has played with the Chicago, Cleveland, and Detroit symphony orchestras and has performed as a soloist with orchestras in the United States, China, and Europe. He founded and has toured extensively with the Interlochen Arts Quintet and the Dusha Quartet. Formerly a faculty member at several leading American universities, he was visiting professor at the Shanghai Conservatory in 1988. In 1995 he gave master classes in England, Denmark, and Sweden.

Since 1988 he has been a member of the summer faculty at the Music Academy of the West. From 1990 to 1992 Mr. Ormand served as president of the International Clarinet Association and is often invited to perform at the international conferences of this group.

In recent years he has published editions of the music for winds of Amilcare Ponchielli. In 1996 he released a compact disc on DANACORD Records titled Il Convegno, a premiere recording of Ponchielli's solo works for winds.

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