Faculty/Staff Information
Dirk Freymuth
(He/Him/His)
Professor, Music
503-838-8874 | freymutd@wou.edu
APSC 233A
Why I chose WOU
Opportunity to teach in both of my main areas: audio production and music historyAt WOU since
09/16/2011Fun fact
I'm a German immigrantHometown
Frankfurt/Los Angeles/MinneapolisAreas of responsibility
Audio Production/Recording Studios
Music Department Graduate Program Coordinator
Artistic Director, Smith Fine Arts Series
Graduate Programs Committee, Commencement Committee
What you will do and learn in my courses
Plenty
Education
DMA Music History/Early Music Performance - University of Southern California
MA Music History/Early Music Performance - University of Southern California
BM Studio Jazz Guitar - University of Southern California
Teaching focus
Audio Production, Music History, Music Business, Early Music Ensemble
Research areas
music history
Professional experience
see websites: dirkfreymuth.com, allmusic.com
Awards and honors
2005 Outstanding Graduate Student - USC Thornton School of Music
Graduate courses taught
MUS 680 - Contemporary Topics in Musicology
MUS 690 - Recording Media Production
MUS 610 - Audio Production
MUS 606 - Individual Studies
MUP 635 - Historical Performance Practice (viola da gamba, lute)
MUS 640 - College Pedagogy
Undergraduate courses taught
MUS 380 - Recording Session Preparation for Performing Musicians
MUS 381 - Introduction to Audio Production
MUS 382 - Digital Music Production
MUS 383 - Advanced Music Production
MUP 110/210/310 - Audio Production
MUS 345 - Business of Music
MUS 367 - History of American Vernacular Music (c.1850-1945)
MUS 368 - History of American Vernacular Music (c.1945-1967)
MUS 369 - History of American Vernacular Music (c.1968-2000)
MUS 453/553 - History of the Guitar in America
MUEN - 113/313 - Early Music Ensemble
MUP - 235 - Historical Performance (viola da gamba, lute, baroque guitar)
MUS 220 - Improvisation I
MUS 221 - Improvisation II
Current research
Celtic music performance practice in the 1960s
Publications and Presentations
see website: dirkfreymuth.com
Professional memberships
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), Broadcast Music Inc (BMI), Audio Engineering Society (AES), American Federation of Musicians (AFM), College Music Society (CMS), International Society for Improvised Music (ISIM), Viola da Gamba Society of America (VdGSA)
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