Patrick Freer

BM & MM, Westminster Choir College
EdD, Columbia University

Music Education: Choral/General

Music Education – Choral
Coordinator of Music Education

Middle Secondary Education (CEHD)
Affiliate Faculty; Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

Patrick K. Freer is Professor of Music at Georgia State University where he conducts the Tenor-Bass Choir and directs the masters & doctoral programs in music education. He has held Visiting Professorships at the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg (Austria) and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain). He has been conductor-in-residence conductor for the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra (Colombia). His degrees are from Westminster Choir College and Teachers College-Columbia University. Dr. Freer has guest conducted or presented in 40 states and 29 countries. Dr. Freer is Editor of the International Journal of Research in Choral Singing and former longtime editor of Music Educators Journal. He serves on ACDA’s National Standing Committee for Research and Publications and has chaired all three of ACDA’s International Symposia for Research in Choral Singing. Dr. Freer also chaired the philosophy sub-group within the task force responding to COVID-19 concerns for the National Collegiate Choral Organization (USA). His research and pedagogical expertise centers on working with boys and their changing voices, from prepubescence to young adulthood.