Don Freund

Don Freund (born 1947, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American composer and Professor of Composition at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. His over 100 performed works, include solo, chamber, and orchestral music, live performance with electronic instruments, large theatre works.

He has received several prestigious awards for his work, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Recordings

• New Music From Indiana University Vol 4 - Don Freund Madame Bovary Suite, Soft Cells, Concerto for Viola, Dissolving Music:Indiana University Concert Orchestra, Indiana University New Music Ensemble, Indiana University Chamber Orchestra conducted by Don Freund, David Dzubay, and Paul Biss. Indiana University 10.

Other

He hosts two large parties a year for composers in his department, known as "Freundfests". Composition students are invited to enjoy croquet, football, Freundburgers, Cheezfreundburgers, Veggiefreundburgers, and yes, even Cheezfreundveggieburgers. Attendees are heavily and repeatedly advised, as an inside joke, to bring their drinks.^[1]

Sources

• Jens Staubrand: Kierkegaard International Bibliography Music Works and Plays, Copenhagen 2009. In English and Danish. ISBN 978-87-92510-05-1. Including Don Freund's FEAR AND TREMBLING BLUES, 1983
• Don Freund Indiana University Homepage
• Don Freund, Composition Department, Jacobs School of Music
• Interview with Don Freund by George Walker (September 18, 2009), accessed 28 January 2010

1. ^ http://www.rafaelhernandez.org/blog/2005/05/this-entry-is-dedicated-to-victims-of.php