Phil Ostrander

Phil Ostrander is Professor of Trombone and Bands at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He completed his doctoral studies at the Eastman School of Music. Dr. Ostrander received master's degrees in both trombone and wind conducting from the New England Conservatory, as well as a bachelor's and Performer's Certificate from Eastman. He has performed with the Minnesota Orchestra, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, the Rochester Philharmonic, the Kansas City Symphony, and the Buffalo Philharmonic.

Currently, he is Principal Trombone of the Minnesota Opera Orchestra. He has also performed on broadway shows in Minneapolis – most recently on Wicked and Some Like It Hot. He recently recorded with the Minnesota Orchestra on Mahler Symphony No. 8. Dr. Ostrander has collaborated with jazz artists Maria Schneider, Jim McNeely, Jimmy Heath, Claudio Roditi. He teaches jazz and created the Trombone Workshop at the Shell Lake Arts Camp in northern Wisconsin.