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  • Dirk Freymuth

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    Dirk Freymuth

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    Dr. Dirk Freymuth is a guitarist, producer, composer, and educator. As a session musician he can be heard on more than a hundred recordings, and he has produced more than 50 records in a wide range of genres. During the 1990s he was a member of the Minneapolis-based rock trio, Hindu Rodeo. Today he performs primarily as an acoustic guitarist and has a duo with legendary uillean piper, Eric Rigler. Last year Freymuth was ranked #61 on the Digital Dream Door ‘100 Greatest Acoustic Guitarists’ list. 

    Dirk Freymuth is also an Early Music multi-instrumentalist and historian who has worked with The Tallis Scholars, The Gabrieli Consort, Musicians of the Globe Theater, Circa 1500, and many others. He earned his doctorate in Early Music Performance at the University of Southern California, where he studied with James Tyler. Since 2011 Dr. Freymuth has been teaching Audio Production, Historical Performance Practice, and American Vernacular Music History at Western Oregon University. He lives in Corvallis.

    Current Courses

    American Pop Music 1955-2020
    JMUH 4837, Spring 2025

    Audio Pro 1: Fundamentals
    JTEB 4435, Spring 2025

    Audio Production Practicum 1
    JTEB 4440, Spring 2025

    GR: Audio Pro 1: Fund
    JTEB 5345, Spring 2025

    GR: Laurel Canyon Ensemble
    JPER 5231, Spring 2025

    GR: Prog Rock Ensemble
    JPER 5237, Spring 2025

    Laurel Canyon Ensemble
    JPER 4573, Spring 2025

    Progressive Rock Ensemble
    JPER 4625, Spring 2025

    Future Courses

    American Pop Music (1800-1955)
    JMUH 4827, Fall 2025

    Audio Pro 1: Fundamentals
    JTEB 4435, Fall 2025

    Audio Production Practicum 1
    JTEB 4440, Fall 2025

    History of Improvisation
    JMUH 5000, Fall 2025

    Lessons 1000
    JLES 1000, Fall 2025

    Psychedelic Rock & Soul Ensemb
    JPER 4593, Fall 2025

    Studio Pop Recording Workshop
    JTEB 4600, Fall 2025

    Past Courses

    American Pop Music (1800-1955)
    JMUH 4827, Fall 2024

    Audio Pro 1: Fundamentals
    JTEB 4435, Fall 2024

    History of Improvisation
    JMUH 5000, Fall 2024

    Psychedelic Rock & Soul Ensemb
    JPER 4593, Fall 2024

    Studio Pop Recording Workshop
    JTEB 4600, Fall 2024

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