Don Freund’s visit to Brazil in May included lectures, master classes and recitals at the National Musicology Symposium in Pirenópolis, the Colloquium of Early Music in Goiás, and at the State University of Ceara in Fortaleza. Included were Brazilian premieres of Daydream for Recorder, Songs without Words for clarinet and piano, and seven Piano Preludes, as well as Freund’s piano performances of Preludes and Fugues from Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier and his own transcriptions of Machaut chansons, Machaut Tunes.
In June, the Jacobs School’s String Academy Virtuosi toured Argentina and Brazil with many performances of Freund’s Seven Violin Duets.
In May and June, Chicago’s MAVerick Ensemble gave 3 performances of Freund’s Crunch Time.
In June, the Utah Arts Festival presented two performances of its featured commissioned work, Freund’s Mixed Blood, for “Pierrot plus” sextet. PDF Mp3
In July, the Musashino Academy (Tokyo) Wind Ensemble under the direction of Ray Cramer toured with Freund’s Five Elizabethan Dances.
In August, Freund will be featured at the University of Costa Rica’s Seminar of Music Composition, including the Costa Rica premieres of Spur of the Moment for flute and piano, and seven Piano Preludes.
This summer has three new postings of Freund’s music on YouTube: A video of Kathleen McLean’s performance of Life of the Party with a mostly faculty chamber ensemble, a supertitled text video of our CVE’s performance of God’s Grandeur, and a scrolling score of Freund’s trio tribute to the Rite of Spring, Rite Now!