CCM faculty member Ric Hordinski recently found himself in the international spotlight after one of his daughters was asked to chronicle her life amidst the COVID-19 pandemic for BBC News. A photojournalism major at Ohio University, Madeleine Hordinski was one of three young Americans asked to keep video diaries chronicling her experiences during the coronavirus lockdown.
The media coverage is nothing new to Ric, a Grammy-nominated adjunct professor in CCM’s Commercial Music Production and Jazz Studies programs. He has appeared on records with Jim James (My Morning Jacket) Bootsy Collins, Phil Keaggy, John Mayer, David Wilcox, Ben Harper, Richard Thompson, Tony Levin, Bill Kreutzmann (The Grateful Dead), Victor Wooten, Victoria Williams, Robbie Fulks and many others.
As a live performer, he has shared the stage with a dizzying array of musicians like Johnny Cash, Moby and Bob Dylan, along with bands like My Morning Jacket, Indigo Girls and more. He has also produced award-winning records for a variety of acts including Over The Rhine, Wilcox and Phil Keaggy.
On his own, Ric Hordinski has released six independent records under the moniker "Monk." These records feature the songwriting craft that he honed during his eight years in the band Over the Rhine, along with the ambient guitar skills that make him an in-demand studio musician and the ear for songcraft that makes him a well-respected producer. Paste Music has called him " the rarest kind of virtuoso, the kind who knows when not to play." This penchant for understatement has its rewards: Ric Hordinski received a Grammy nomination in 2003 and won a Dove Award in 2004.
View Madeleine Hordinski’s account of her family life under lockdown courtesy of BBC News.
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Featured images: Ric Hordinski and his family. Photos/Madeleine Hordinski.
Rebecca Butts | Assistant Public Information Officer | UC College-Conservatory of Music
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December 2, 2020
In light of the pandemic, Junbo Zhou, a UC College-Conservatory of Music doctoral student in choral conducting, founded an organization to unite musicians from diverse backgrounds in creating universally-appealing art. With this in mind, World’s Harmony was born.
December 1, 2020
UC College-Conservatory of Music Professor of Flute Demarre McGill will join his brother, clarinetist Anthony McGill, and pianist Michael McHale for a performance featuring works for duos and trios at 5:30 pm on Dec. 6. The concert is hosted by the Shriver Hall Concert Series in Baltimore but will be broadcast on the venue’s website from Dec. 6 through Dec. 9.
December 1, 2020
Awadagin Pratt, a UC College-Conservatory of Music Professor of Piano and Artist-in-Residence, isn’t letting the COVID-19 pandemic keep him away from the concert hall or the teaching studio. Between now and the end of 2020, he will be a featured soloist on at three performances alongside the Vancouver, Lima, and Cincinnati symphonies.
