03/12/2026
Meet the 2026 Adjudicators!
INSTRUMENTAL, STRINGS & BANDS
Dennis Ullman
Dennis Ullman has worked extensively in the areas of music education and performance for over 40 years. He has been in frequent demand as a music festival adjudicator at regional music festivals across Canada, Canada’s Wonderland School Music Festival and affiliate festivals of MusicFest Canada. Since 2010, he has conducted over 1000 clinics/workshops as an adjudicator of concert bands, jazz ensembles, brass, woodwinds and percussion. As guest clinician, he has instructed sessions for regional Honour Band Programs and has conducted performances at various venues throughout North America including the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN. Mr. Ullman was a teacher in Ontario’s private school system for over twenty-five years and conducted many award-winning bands and ensembles at the Secondary and Elementary School levels. He has also directed various school (public/private) ensembles which have performed throughout North America and regularly at MusicFest Canada’s National Festival.
As a private instructor he has worked with hundreds of students, many of whom have gone on to become major contributors to the music industry in cities such as Nashville, Toronto and Montreal. Graduates have performed on the David Letterman and Jimmy Kimmel Shows, at the Air Canada Centre and with artists such as Brad Paisley, Steel Magnolia, Miranda Lambert, Steven Curtis Chapman, Thomas Rhett Akins, and many other shows including Cirque du Soleil. Mr. Ullman has been featured in a variety of ensembles. He has performed with the Peterborough Symphony Orchestra, Oshawa Civic Band, Icy Redd, Eastview and the Peterborough Civic Concert Band. He has been an active member of Canadian Music Festival Adjudicator’s Association, Canadian Band Director’s Association, Ontario Band Association, Jazz Educators Network and Ontario Music Educators’ Association.
