Patrick K. Freer is associate professor of choral music education at Georgia State University in Atlanta, offering programs at the baccalaureate, masters, and Ph.D. levels. He holds degrees from Westminster Choir College and Teachers College-Columbia University. Dr. Freer is a frequent guest conductor for all-state choruses and has made over 70 presentations at regional, national and international conferences. He has guest conducted or presented in 28 states, Canada, Germany and Japan. Dr. Freer made his Carnegie Hall conducting debut in April 2009. He will travel to Greece in October 2009 for presentations at the Greek Society for Music Education (Athens) and Aristotle University (Thessaloniki).

Dr. Freer will serve as a Visiting Scholar at James Madison University in September 2009. His most recent books, published in 2009, are Getting Started with Middle School Chorus (2nd Edition) and TIPS: The First Weeks of Middle School Chorus. Dr. Freer is the author of the critically acclaimed DVD series Success for Adolescent Singers. He presently serves on Editorial Boards for the International Journal of Music Education and the Middle Grades Research Journal, Research in Middle Level Education Online, and volumes 7 & 8 of the Handbook of Research in Middle Level Education. He has also served on the Editorial Committee for the Music Educators Journal and edited the journal's "Centennial Series" in celebration of MENC's 100th anniversary. Dr. Freer's most recent articles are published in the Choral Journal, International Journal of Music Education, Journal of Music Teacher Education, Music Education Research, Music Educators Journal, Philosophy of Music Education Review, Research Studies in Music Education, Southwestern Musician, Teaching Artist Journal and UPDATE: Applications of Research in Music Education. His chapter, "Boy's Voices: Inside and Outside Choral Music" is in the new book, Music Experience Throughout Our Lives.