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Frederic Chopin - Etudes Op. 25

by Alissa Freeman

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Such a joy to release this sublime recording by Alissa Freeman of Chopin's OP.25 Etudes. I don't even know what to say about it, really, other than it is such a genuine privilege to help Alissa release this out into the world. Finger snaps for days!!!

About Alissa Freeman:

With a unique profile in education, performance, and entrepreneurship, Alissa Freeman is a passionate musician who is always working on a new project. Her accomplishments in performance, pedagogy, and research have been vast and varied, including her receipt of both the undergraduate and graduate Presser awards, numerous full-tuition academic and music scholarships, many prizes in piano competitions, and performances and presentations both nationally and internationally.

As a performer, Alissa invites audiences to have new experiences in classical music by incorporating and contextualizing diverse programming. She recently prepared a series entitled Passports: Piano Music from Across the Continents, a concert program that introduced piano music from across the world, for elementary schools, senior living centers, and other community centers in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Believing in the importance of contextualizing historical music for audiences, she also recently prepared Clara Schumann and the Evolution of the Piano Recital after researching the composer in Zwickau, Germany. Though she is dedicated to finding works outside of the canon, she also enjoys tackling complex standard repertoire: she recently performed and self recorded the entire set of Chopin’s Op. 25 etudes and was the soloist for performances of Rachmaninov’s 2nd and Prokofiev’s 2nd piano concertos.

Both in her personal and professional life, one of Alissa’s greatest goals is to build more inclusive and equitable environments by understanding existing barriers to inclusion and finding creative ways to remove them. In 2019, Alissa received a Presser Graduate Music Award, Rackham International Travel Award, and Center for European Studies Fellowship to create an online resource that aims to provide resources for teaching the music of classical-era women in piano pedagogy by making their music far more accessible. As part of this resource, she has published new editions of pieces that are available to teachers online for free at herclassical.com. A committed ally dedicated to creating communities that provide a place for all identities--particularly marginalized ones--to be valued and heard, she also works as a Program Assistant for the University of Michigan School of Music’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) department.



Alissa is a firm believer that music can shape and change communities, each with their own unique needs and solutions. As one of the principle instructors for Time for Me: Group Piano for Adult Beginners, a thriving new community program in the Ann Arbor area, she helped students find confidence, community, and fulfillment through a group piano course. During the past year, she co-founded and has served as the Executive Director of The 5pm Series, a charitable nonprofit organization that has aimed to provide financial support to musicians during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through this online concert series, Alissa has helped organize over 150 concerts from across the world and crowdsourced nearly $15,000, most of which has been directed towards the musicians who performed on the series. This entrepeneurial endeavor was recently awarded $5,000 from the EXCELerator initiative, a program that supports promising student-led ventures.

Alissa received her Master’s Degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Michigan. She completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Piano Performance at Brigham Young University where she studied with Scott Holden. She is currently a DMA candidate studying Piano Performance and Pedagogy at the University of Michigan with Logan Skelton and John Ellis as her primary instructors.

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released March 4, 2022

Performed in Britton Recital Hall, University of Michigan School of Music

Alissa Freeman is a DMA Candidate studying Piano Pedagogy and Performance.

Performed, recorded, and mixed by Alissa Freeman

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Ann Arbor based pianist. Alissa performs in many genres and enjoys creating intentional art.

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