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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A concert audience in London was so eager to get a closer look at Joseph Haydn that people left their seats in the back and crowded near the stage. Moments later, a chandelier crashed to the floor behind them.According to legend, that's how Haydn's Symphony No. 96 got its nickname: the "Miracle" Symphony.Hear Haydn's "Miracle" Symphony tonight on WSHU, 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
A prince falls in love with a woman who can only take human form at night. It's the kind of fairy tale that has captivated audiences for generations.Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake reminds us why stories of love and hope never go out of style.Hear highlights from Swan Lake tonight on WSHU, 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
For some musicians, the promise of America meant more than opportunity - it meant safety.This World Refugee Awareness Month, America 250: The American Experience celebrates composer Franz Waxman and pianist Vladimir Horowitz, two artists who found refuge in the United States and whose music became part of America's cultural story.Join us tonight at 8 for America 250: The American Experience on WSHU, 91.1, 107.5 and our music stream. -
In a noisy world, Arvo Pärt's music offers something rare: stillness. This week on Carnegie Hall Live, hear the Estonian Festival Orchestra, conductor Paavo Järvi, and violinist Midori in a program devoted to the music of Arvo Pärt.Carnegie Hall Live brings the concert hall to you tonight at 8 on WSHU, 91.1, 107.5 and our music stream. -
What connects a celebrated writer in 1920s England, a housewife in postwar Los Angeles, and a modern-day New Yorker? It's the story at the heart of The Hours.Inspired by three women whose lives are linked by the writings of Virginia Woolf, Philip Glass's Oscar-nominated score captures the quiet moments that can change a life.Step into the world of The Hours with music by Philip Glass, tonight on WSHU, 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
Summer officially arrives this weekend, bringing longer days and warmer nights. Alexander Glazunov captured that sense of seasonal change in The Seasons, a ballet inspired by the rhythms of the natural world.Hear Glazunov's The Seasons tonight on WSHU, 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
Scotland was in Boston this weekend for the World Cup. Tonight, Scotland comes to WSHU.The Royal Scottish National Orchestra performs music by American composer Ulysses Kay, a reminder that music, like sports, has a way of bringing people together across borders.Hear Ulysses Kay's Concerto for Orchestra tonight on WSHU, 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
Neither Erich Korngold nor Béla Bartók planned to leave home forever. As war spread across Europe, both found refuge in the United States. This week on America 250, hear how two displaced artists helped enrich America's musical life while preserving the traditions they brought with them.Listen tonight at 8pm on WSHU, 91.1, 107.5 and our music stream. -
Carnegie Hall Live brings you remarkable performances from one of the world's great stages, without leaving home. Tonight, catch the encore broadcast of the season opener with pianist Yuja Wang and the NYO USA All-Stars under conductor Daniel Harding, performing music from Bernstein's West Side Story and Stravinsky's The Firebird. -
A mysterious girl on a balcony catches a young man's attention... and causes trouble with his fiancée.That's how Léo Delibes' ballet Coppélia begins. Hear Act One of this charming tale of curiosity and mistaken identity tonight on WSHU, 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream.
