Wendy Freeland

Dr. Wendy Freeland is a Distinguished Professor of Music at Jacksonville State University. She completed her graduate degrees in piano performance at the University of South Carolina under John Kenneth Adams. Her Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance is from Florida Atlantic University where she studied with Heather Coltman and Judith Burganger.

She enjoys performing as soloist and collaborative artist. In recent years she has performed with soprano Dr. Shellie Beeman, mezzo-soprano Stina Öhman, and fellow pianist Nancy Elton. She has performed at universities in the South and Northeast, at the Alabama Music Teachers State Conference, the Alabama Music Educators State Conference, the National Flute Convention, the World Piano Conference in Novi Sad, Serbia, and in Sweden, Italy and Korea.

Dr. Freeland’s research in recent years yielded the presentation Remembering John Kenneth Adams: Lessons in Music and Life for the 2022 American Matthay Association Festival. At her university she has been the recipient of the “Faculty Research Award” several times, and was honored to receive the Cleo and Carla Thomas Outstanding Education/Service Award in 2022. She organizes the Foothills Piano Festival, directs the JSU Music Academy, and is a Past President of the Alabama Music Teachers Association. She currently serves as the Vice President for the American Matthay Association. She holds memberships in Sigma Alpha Iota, Phi Kappa Lambda, The American Matthay Association, the Music Teachers National Association, the World Piano Teachers Association, and is a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music.