Erin Freeman is Artistic Director of The City Choir of Washington and Wintergreen Music, Principal Conductor of the Richmond Ballet, and Director of the Saint Louis Symphony Chorus. Richmond audiences know Freeman from her 15 years with the Richmond Symphony, as Associate Conductor of the Orchestra and Director of the Symphony Chorus. In addition to her work at the Richmond Ballet, she has led performances with the New York City Ballet, Washington Ballet, Singapore Ballet, Neglia Ballet, the National Ballet of China, and the world premiere of Kintsugi by Georgia Pazcoguin. Guest conducting includes the Detroit Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Orchestra Symphonique Bel’Arte, Portland Symphony Orchestra, South Carolina Philharmonic, Savannah Symphony and Philharmonic, Toledo Symphony, Charlottesville Symphony Orchestra, Virginia Symphony Orchestra, and Williamsburg Symphony. She has conducted at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, Boston Symphony Hall, London’s Cadogan Hall, the Musikverein in Vienna, and La Madeleine in Paris. Freeman was named nominee (2021) and finalist (2019) for Performance Today’s Classical Woman of the Year, and has received accolades in Opera News, ClevelandClassical.com, and Musicweb-International.com, among others. Freeman holds degrees from Northwestern University, Boston University, and Peabody Conservatory.