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The next guest on All Access with Dom Famularo will be Mapex artist Edward Freytag!
Join us Monday, April 12th at 2pm EST here on our Mapex Facebook page for this interview.
Mapex Facebook to watch interview: HERE
Artists Facts:
Edward Freytag’s Website: HERE
Edward Freytag’s Facebook: HERE
Edward Freytag’s Youtube: HERE
Artist Bio:
Edward Freytag holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Music Education (instrumental/vocal) from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and a Master of Music Degree in Jazz & Studio Performance from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville where he studied with renowned jazz educator, Jerry Coker and drum set guru, Keith Brown. Mr. Freytag was Associate Director of Bands and Instructor of Percussion & Jazz at Cleveland Junior/Senior High Schools in Cleveland, Tennessee for 13 years. While in tenure at CHS, his marching and concert percussion ensembles and jazz groups received consistent superior ratings and first place awards. He was also the Director of Bands at LaVergne High School in LaVergne, TN for 12 years where his ensembles claimed many state and national titles.
He has taught applied percussion at Tomlinson College, Lee University, Cumberland University and was the Professor of Percussion at the University of Tennessee At Chattanooga. Mr. Freytag has been a percussion section member of both the Knoxville Symphony and the Chattanooga Symphony Orchestras. He served as Percussion Caption Head for the DCA Drum & Bugle Corps “Music City Legend” in 2008-2009 and has served as percussion arranger for the University of Mobile, AL Drum Corps, “RamCorps”. He has also been a Percussion Consultant for Birmingham, AL Drum & Bugle Corps, “Southern Knights”.
Mr. Freytag has performed and toured extensively throughout the United States, Russia, Germany, England and the Caribbean Islands with such well-known artists as Liberace, Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, Randy Brecker, Eliane Elias, Steve Allen, Buddy Morrow, Donald Brown, Jerry Coker, Chris McDonald, Ron Miller, Ray Stevens, Bill Watrous, Terry Gibbs, Bud Brisbois, Dude Mowrey (Arista Records), Marilyn Martin (Atlantic Records), James T. Horn (Curb Records), Philip Claypool (Curb Records), Ric Ferrell (Dreamworks Records), Mindy McCready (RCA Records), Thom Ellis (E3 entertainment, LLC), Kimber Cleveland, Dr. Hook, Terry Radigan, the legendary Carl Perkins, and the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin. He has done openings for the likes of Kenny Chesney, Ray Stevens, Joe Diffie, Eddie Money, Tracy Lawrence, Rick Trevino, Billy Dean, Shaver, Radney Foster, Lorrie Morgan, Restless Heart, Martina McBride, Eddie Arnold, and Leroy Parnell. He has worked in management, promotions, production, and artist relations in the music industry in Nashville.
He is the founder of BOD Productions Music Services, Guru Graphics, Serious Percussion Publications, and is currently working as a freelance percussion artist and studio musician, private instructor, percussion and jazz clinician, and staff writer for Row-Loff Productions in Nashville, Tennessee. Mr. Freytag is currently the Assistant Director of Bands and percussion specialist for Whitworth-Buchanan MS. He is the author of “The Rudimental Cookbook” and “Just Desserts”, the definitive statements in rudimental drumming, and has many published percussion ensembles, books, and solos on state music lists across the nation. Mr. Freytag is an endorser for Row-Loff Productions, Remo Drumheads, KHS America (Mapex Drums / Majestic Percussion / Jupiter Horns), Innovative Percussion Sticks and Mallets, Sabian Cymbals, Humes & Berg Cases and Bags, Monkdrums, and is a writer for Maxwell Tree Music. Mr. Freytag is an active member of the Percussive Arts Society (PAS), National Association for Music Educators (NAfME), Tennessee Music Educators Association (TMEA), Middle Tennessee School Band & Orchestra Association (MTSBOA), Tennessee Bandmasters Association (TBA), and the Professional Educators of Tennessee (PET).
