Julie Freddino
WSHU Program Director, Sunday Baroque ProducerJulie Freddino is WSHU's Program Director and producer of Sunday Baroque. She discovered public radio in college and was immediately hooked. Starting as a board operator, she worked her way up to production assistant, producer, senior producer, and in 2003, became WSHU’s production director.
In 2018, Julie produced an independent, 6-episode audio drama, Mermaids of Merrow’s Cove, which was nominated for an AudioVerse Award — Best Engineering of a New Dramatic Production.
When not moving sound around, Julie can be found at the pottery wheel throwing clay.
-
You know that sound—deep, powerful, almost otherworldly. The pipe organ inInterstellar. It’s just one example of how “The King of Instruments” has shaped the sound of the movies. OnReel Music, you’ll hear unforgettable film themes,and the stories behind them. From Interstellar to20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and more… Reel Music—Saturday at 9 and Sunday at 6 on WSHU… 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
Jessie Montgomery’s Divided lives up to its name. The music splits into separate lines... pulling in different directions, overlapping, sometimes clashing, sometimes lining up again. Jessie Montgomery’s Divided—tonight on WSHU, 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
Andrew Armstrong is a familiar name here in our community - Artistic Director of New Canaan Chamber Music. Tonight, he plays Aaron Jay Kernis’ Before Sleep and Dreams... reflective music for the end of the day, when things finally quiet down and you can just listen. Andrew Armstrong with music by Aaron Jay Kernis—tonight on WSHU, 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
Camille Saint-Saëns wrote his Symphony No. 3 on commission from London’s Royal Philharmonic Society—and conducted the premiere himself. It would be his last symphony… and one of his most ambitious.Hear the “Organ” Symphony tonight on WSHU, 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
Violinist Rachel Barton Pine grew up on heavy metal bands Metallica and Megadeth. She brings that same intensity and drive to Beethoven. Hear it in his Violin Concerto, tonight on WSHU, 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
Marvin Hamlisch is one of the few artists to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony, and he was part of the Pulitzer Prize–winning team behind A Chorus Line. But chances are, you know him from just a few notes… The Entertainer from The Sting. This week, Reel Music celebrates the sound of that career, with music from The Way We Were, Ordinary People, and more. Reel Music—film scores and the stories behind them. Saturday at 9 and Sunday at 6 on WSHU. -
Tonight on America 250: The American Experience, we head into wide open spaces. Follow the current of The Mississippi River, look out across the vast, sunlit edges of the Grand Canyon Suite, and feel the quiet promise of Appalachian Spring. -
Claude Debussy wanted you to feel the sea. So in La Mer, one moment it feels wide open, like you’re staring out at the horizon… the next, you’re right at the water’s edge, caught up in the motion.Go with the flow of Debussy’s La Mer, tonight on WSHU, 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
Ludwig van Beethoven started writing his Eroica Symphony for Napoleon Bonaparte… then tore his name off the page when Napoleon declared himself emperor. The “hero” isn’t one man anymore… it’s anyone who fights, falls, and keeps going. Beethoven’s Eroica—tonight on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
Franz Schubert never called it “Great.” That came later, when Robert Schumann discovered the score and was struck by its scale, calling it music of “heavenly length.”Take in the grandeur of Schubert’s “Great” Symphony, tonight on WSHU, 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream.
