Carol Freeman

Teaches at The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music

Well known as a performer, researcher, and teacher of a variety of Balkan, Greek, Judaic, and other singing traditions, Carol Freeman has performed since 1970 as vocalist for The Smyrneiki Kompania Asia Minor Greek Music Ensemble, Sevda Balkan Music Ensemble, Song of the Shtetl Jewish Music Ensemble, and Zhenska Pesna (Balkan women’s trio), and as a solo interpreter of traditional song, and has appeared at arts centers, music festivals, museums, universities, folklore seminars, and community facilities, and on radio and television, throughout North America. She learned much of her vast repertoire by conducting extensive research with Old World singers both in Europe and the US. An expert vocal instructor, Carol Freeman has taught classes, workshops, and individual lessons, both as a private instructor and at public and specialized arts schools, music seminars, universities, and museums for four decades, and has also done extensive vocal coaching with noted choirs, theater companies, and folkloric performance ensembles.