JordanOrtman
- Associate Teaching Professor of Vocal Coaching
- VOICE + OPERA + MUSICAL THEATRE
Associate Teaching Professor of Vocal Coaching Jordan Ortman is a pianist, vocal coach and music director.
Ortman is a former faculty member at Metropolitan State University of Denver where he coached and music directed the opera and musical theatre programs, co-led the BFA-MT performance program, and taught theory and piano classes. During his tenure at MSU Denver, he coached staged opera and opera scenes programs, and served as music director and conductor for musicals. He also teaches applied piano at the Colorado School of Mines.
Ortman believes that versatility is an asset in the performing arts industry. As such, his interests and opportunities have spanned from chamber music and duo piano recitals to opera and musical theatre music direction and even arranging and composition. The lines that once divided various genres and pathways within music have blurred, and he believes that future careers in music belong to curious, collaborative and determined students. He looks forward to working with talented and motivated students at CU 91Ҹ and preparing them to be comprehensive, universal musicians and indeed well-balanced people.
In addition to teaching, he enjoys working with many Denver arts organizations including the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (Broadway Tours, Theatre Company and Theatre for Young Audiences), Opera Colorado, the Arvada Center and 91Ҹ Opera Company. He is the former Opera Colorado Young Artist pianist and coach (“Cenerentola,” “L’elisir d’amore,” “La bohème,” “Falstaff”). Recent credits include “Once Upon a Mattress,” “Cinderella,” “Beauty and the Beast” (Arvada Center), “Manon,” “Cavalleria Rusticana,” “Signor Deluso” (91Ҹ Opera), “The Pirates of Penzance,” “A Grand Night for Singing,” “1776” (Performance Now), “Wicked,” “White Christmas” (DCPA Broadway tours), “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus,” “Goodnight, Moon” and Elephant and Piggie’s “We Are in a Play” (DCPA Theatre for Young Audiences). For many summers, he has been a music director and pianist at Quisisana Music Resort in Center Lovell, Maine.
Ortman earned an MM in collaborative piano from the University of Northern Colorado where he studied with Willem van Schalkwyk and Vergie Amendola, and a BA in music performance (piano) from Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas.