Anna Freeman (born 1954) is a

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

player and Professor of Trumpet and Brass Chamber Music at

Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln The Cologne University of Music ( is a music college in Cologne, Germany. Founded in 1850, it is Europe's largest academy of music. History The academy was founded by Ferdinand Hiller in 1850 as ''Conservatorium der Musik in Coeln''. In 1895 Ger ...

in Germany. She was a soloist with Australian symphony orchestras and performed with the

Australian Chamber Orchestra The Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) was founded by cellist John Painter in 1975.Verghis, Sharon"Bach with more bite pays off" ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 2 September 2005. Richard Tognetti was appointed Lead Violin in 1989 and subsequently appo ...

Early life

Freeman was born in 1954 in

Drouin, Victoria Drouin is a town in the West Gippsland region, east of Melbourne, in the Australian state of Victoria. Its local government area is the Shire of Baw Baw, and is home to the shire council’s headquarters despite being the second-largest town in ...

, Australia, and studied at

Victorian College of the Arts The Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) is the arts school at the University of Melbourne in Australia. It is part of the university's Faculty of Fine Arts and Music. It is located near the Melbourne city centre on the Southbank campus of the ...

(now part of the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb nor ...

), earning a Diploma of Performing Arts in 1976. She became a lecturer at Canberra Institute of the Arts (now part of

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and ...

) and the Victorian College of the Arts. She travelled to Europe (

Schola Cantorum Basiliensis The Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (SCB) is a music academy and research institution located in Basel, Switzerland, that focuses on early music and historically informed performance. Faculty at the school have organized performing ensembles that have ...

in Switzerland) and was Guest Principal Trumpet with the

Zurich Chamber Orchestra The Zurich Chamber Orchestra (Zürcher Kammerorchester; ZKO, German abbreviation) is a Swiss chamber orchestra based in Zurich. The ZKO's principal concert venue in Zurich is the Tonhalle. The ZKO also performs in Zurich at the Schauspielhaus Zü ...

. In 1999, she became Professor of Trumpet and Head of Brass at the

in Aachen, Germany. She has also taught at Switzerland's Musikhochschule Winterthur in Zurich. She released CDs and published her trumpet method in a book called ''Beyond Brass Basics, A Guide to Common Sense Brass Playing'' (Spaeth/Schmid Verlag). She performs concerts and recitals and records around the world including Europe, USA, New Zealand, Japan, and Australia.

Discography

"Baroque Trumpet and Strings"

Supported by Australian baroque string and keyboard players, Freeman's CD covers repertoire from a diverse group of eight composers. Performers include the following: * Linda Kent - organ * Anna Freeman - baroque trumpet * Julie Hewison - first violin * Lucinda Moon - second violin * Miriam Morris - cello * Jenny Ingram - viola

References

External links

* Prof. Anna Freeman
profile at

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