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.
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Four hundred years after Shakespeare, his plays are still being performed…and filmed. On the next Reel Music, hear Nino Rota’s unforgettable music for Romeo and Juliet, along with scores from film versions of Hamlet, Macbeth, and more. Reel Music, Saturday night at 9 and Sunday at 6 on WSHU. -
We head to the Midwest to hear two ensembles that helped define the American orchestral sound: the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra. Hear them tonight on the encore of America 250: The American Experience at 8 on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
Mark O’Connor grew up steeped in American fiddle traditions - bluegrass, folk, and classical violin. In his Fiddle Concerto, he brings those worlds together, turning the sound of the American fiddle into a full-scale concerto for orchestra. And tonight, the composer is also the soloist. Hear Mark O’Connor perform his own Fiddle Concerto tonight on WSHU, 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
Composer and pianist Valerie Capers is at home in both the classical and jazz worlds. In her suite Portraits in Jazz, Capers captures the spirit of jazz in a series of vivid musical sketches. Hear Valerie Capers’ Portraits in Jazz tonight on WSHU, 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
The simple act of crossing the water can feel almost meditative. Composer Jennifer Jolley captures that feeling in The Ferry Crossing... music that carries you along for the ride. Hear it tonight on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
Few pianists know Chopin better than Garrick Ohlsson. In 1970, he became the first American ever to win the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw... one of the most prestigious piano competitions in the world.Hear Garrick Ohlsson in Chopin’s Piano Sonata No. 3 tonight on WSHU, 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
Philadelphia and Boston were instrumental in America’s founding. They’ve also shaped its music. Tonight on America 250: The American Experience, we hear the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, two ensembles that helped define the American orchestral tradition. That’s tonight at 8 on WSHU, 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
Leonard Bernstein took the most electrifying moments from West Side Story and turned them into a concert showpiece. The Symphonic Dances capture the drama, the action and the romance. Get ready to shout "Mambo!" tonight on WSHU, 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
Long before movies gave us the cliffhanger, Scheherazade mastered the art of leaving her audience wanting more. Her life depended on keeping a powerful sultan listening night after night. So every story ended at the exact moment he needed to hear what happened next.Rimsky-Korsakov turned that legend into music. Hear Scheherazade tonight on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
George Walker spent a lifetime expanding what American classical music could be. By the time he wrote his Fourth Piano Concerto, he was in his nineties and still exploring, still pushing forward.Hear George Walker’s Piano Concerto No. 4 tonight on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream.
