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VPM – The 2026 Wintergreen Music Festival
VPM | By Mike Goldberg | Published July 2, 2026 at 5:30 AM EDT
Mike Goldberg interviews Wintergreen Music Artistic Director Erin Freeman about the 2026 season.
VPM – The Richmond Ballet presents “Giselle”
VPM | By Mike Goldberg | Published February 12, 2026 at 6:52 AM EST
Mike Goldberg interviews Principal Conductor Erin Freeman to preview the Richmond Ballet’s production of Giselle.
VPM – The Richmond Ballet presents “Cinderella”
VPM | By Mike Goldberg | Published February 12, 2025 at 6:56 AM EST
Mike Goldberg interviews Resident Conductor Erin Freeman for a preview of the Richmond Ballet’s production of Cinderella.
STPR – At St. Louis Symphony, a rare changing of the guard for its signature chorus
The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra has tapped Erin Freeman, a conductor and chorus leader based in Washington, D.C., to head up St. Louis Symphony’s chorus. She will be just the third chorus director since the ensemble’s founding in 1976.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch – After 2-year national search, SLSO names new chorus director
By Daniel Durchholz | Published July 30, 2024
The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra has announced that Erin Freeman has been named the director of the St. Louis Symphony Chorus and the AT&T Foundation Chair.
VPM – The 2024 Wintergreen Music Festival
VPM | By Mike Goldberg | Published July 3, 2024 at 6:05 AM EDT | Updated October 6, 2025
Mike Goldberg caught up with Artistic Director Erin Freeman to get a preview of the various offerings from this year’s festival.
VPM – The Richmond Ballet presents “Firebird with Serenade”
VPM | By Mike Goldberg | Published February 14, 2023 at 6:17 PM EST | Updated October 6, 2025
Mike Goldberg interviews Ma Cong and conductor Erin Freeman to bring you a preview of this wonderful production!
FOX5 – City Choir of Washington opens new concert season Sunday
Posted November 13, 2022 11:52am EST
The City Choir of Washington is kicking off its concert season on Sunday!
The Detroit News – DSO gets into Halloween spirit with music from 'Nosferatu,' 'Harry Potter' films
By Erica Hobbs (Special to The Detroit News) | Published 4:56 p.m. ET Oct. 26, 2022
Music and Halloween combine at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra this weekend with a series of Halloween-themed concerts for all ages.
VPM – Richmond Ballet Presents “Romeo & Juliet”
VPM | By Mike Goldberg | Published February 15, 2022 at 8:34 PM EST | Updated October 6, 2025
Resident Conductor Erin Freeman and company dancer Ira White joined me to discuss this wonderful production. Check it out!
VPM – “The Nutcracker” Returns Live to the Carpenter Theatre
VPM | By Mike Goldberg | Published December 7, 2021 at 7:39 PM EST | Updated October 6, 2025
Resident Conductor Erin Freeman and company dancer Naomi Wilson talked with me about their experiences over the years and this year’s production.
VPM – The Richmond Ballet Presents “The Nutcracker” Virtually This Year
VPM | By Mike Goldberg | Published December 14, 2020 at 8:17 PM EST | Updated October 6, 2025
Resident Conductor Erin Freeman and company dancer Matthew Frain joined me to discuss their work on the show and these exciting opportunities to keep the spirit alive this year.
Style Weekly – Playing Out
By Scott McElhinney | Published November 2, 2020
How four classical artists are keeping music alive during the pandemic.
VCU News – A pivotal weekend in eighth grade
By Leila Ugincius | Published April 29, 2020
In these challenging times, thousands of students will earn their degrees this spring. These are some of their stories.
VPM – The 2019 Wintergreen Music Festival with Artistic Director Erin Freeman
VPM | By Mike Goldberg | Published July 16, 2019 at 10:45 PM EDT | Updated October 6, 2025
It’s summer and that means it’s time for the Wintergreen Music Festival! The festival features symphonic and chamber concerts, workshops and clinics over a four-week period from July 8th to August 4th. It attracts first-rate musicians to participate as performers and educators, as part of the Wintergreen Summer Music Academy.
The Buffalo News – Candidate to lead BPO Chorus seems to be everywhere
By Mary Kunz Goldman | Published March 9, 2013
Erin Freeman of Richmond, Va. is the guest conductor for two BPO performances this weekend. She will lead the Pops tribute to the Rat Pack on Saturday and Handel's Messiah on Sunday.
Style Weekly – Trickle-Down Harmonics
By Angela Lehman-Rios | Published: January 24, 2012
The Richmond Symphony celebrates a half-century of youth sound.
Richmond Times Dispatch – Youth orchestra prepares for 50th anniversary celebration
By ANNE TIMBERLAKE | Published: January 22, 2012
It's quitting time, 5 p.m. downtown on a chilly Tuesday. Bundled-up office workers hustle down the sidewalk. A girl pushing a bass that dwarfs her weaves through the adults toward the glass doors of the Carpenter Theatre.
Macaroni Kid Richmond – Interview with Richmond Symphony
Published on February 24, 2012
Interview with Richmond Symphony’s Associate Conductor, Erin Freeman.