Columbia College Chicago Digital Commons @ Columbia College Chicago CBMR Collection Guides / Finding Aids Center for Black Music Research 2020 Guide to the Paul Freeman Collection Columbia College Chicago Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/cmbr_guides Part of the History Commons, and the Music Commons Recommended Citation Columbia College Chicago, "Guide to the Paul Freeman Collection" (2020). CBMR Collection Guides / Finding Aids. 17. https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/cmbr_guides/17 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for Black Music Research at Digital Commons @ Columbia College Chicago. It has been accepted for inclusion in CBMR Collection Guides / Finding Aids by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Columbia College Chicago. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Columbia COL L EGE CHICAG, 0 CENTER FOR BLACK MUSIC RESEARCH COLLECTION The Paul Freeman Collection, 1987-2009 EXTENT 58 boxes,34 linear feet COLLECTION SUMMARY Paul Freeman was a conductor, composer, and founder of the Chicago Sinfonietta. The collection contains conductor scores, recordings, and other materials related to his conducting performances with the Chicago Sinfonietta and other orchestras. PROCESSING INFORMATION Processed by CLIR funded Black Metropolis Research Consortium “Color Curtain Processing Project.” By T.J. Szafranski and Dominique Fuqua, December 17, 2012. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Paul Douglas Freeman (1936 – 2015) was a conductor, composer, and founder of the Chicago Sinfonietta; he is recognized as the first African-American orchestral director in the world. Freeman was born in Richmond, Virginia. He graduated from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, and studied conducting at the Hochshule für Musik (University for Music) in Berlin, Germany with Ewald Lindemann.