Eric Ordway is a native from Northeast Harbor Maine. As a freshman in high school he began to win many awards and competitions on his trombone. Some of those awards were Maine’s top Jazz trombone soloist for combo and Maine’s top trombone soloist for big band. From winning these awards he was offered to play with a Maine all star combo ran by former Blood Sweat and Tears trumpetist, Chuck Winfield. Tanglewood and Interlochen were two prestigious music camps. Eric Ordway auditioned for and was accepted to both. He chose to attend Interlochen. His senior year in high school he auditioned for the Boston Youth Symphony and was accepted. This group toured Italy and performed with many great artist in the Boston area. After graduation of high school he enlisted into the Navy as a musician, he was sent to boot camp at RTC Great Lakes and then was transferred to the Armed Forces School of Music in Norfolk, Virginia. After accelerating out of the school he reported to Navy Band New Orleans. Auditioning for colleges, he was awarded the Stan Kenton Scholarship to attend University of North Texas. He then got out of the Navy and pursue a Jazz studies degree at University of North Texas. While in Texas, he began to freelance steadily throughout the Dallas and Fort Worth Metro-plex with such notable groups such as the Dallas Jazz Orchestra. He has been a two time finalist in the Eastern Trombone Jazz Competition and recieved 2nd place. He rejoined back into the Navy Music program and was sent to the Navy Band Northwest, where he was the leader of the Dixieland Band and Musical Director of "Cascade Big Band". He became a very active freelance musician and clinician in the Northwest. He is now living in New York where he is the jazz trombonist in the Jazz Knights (United States Military Academy Band). Eric Ordway has performed with many great artist throughout his musical career such as: Pete Chrislieb, Bobby Shew, The Ojays, Jay Thomas, Slide Hampton, Bill Ramsay, Dan Higgins, Stefan Karlson, Lou Fisher, Steve Haughton, Clay Jenkins, Walt Johnson, Mike Smith and Andy Martin to name a few.

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