Dr. Tamara Freeman, a Holocaust ethnomusicologist, educator and concert violist teaches powerful lessons of morality and courage through Holocaust music. Holding a Doctorate from Rutgers University, her dedication to Holocaust education began in 1994 with the inception of the NJ state mandate for Holocaust genocide education. The mandate inspired her to craft a K-12 interdisciplinary music curriculum that encourages racial respect. Dr. Freeman is an adjunct professor at Montclair NJ State University Cali School of Music, Yeshiva University and Saint Elizabeth University, focusing on Holocaust music, culture and education.

In 2018, she directed“Voices of Hope” in Nashville TN, showcasing 250 multicultural students performing a full concert of archival Holocaust songs in Yiddish.

Dr. Freeman performs lecture-recitals playing her 1935 Joseph Bausch viola, a Holocaust relic, at esteemed venues such as the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC.

From 1982-2012, Dr. Freeman taught instrumental and vocal music in the Ridgewood, NJ Public Schools. She authored the music curriculum for the 2014 Emmy-nominated documentary, “The Defiant Requiem.” She is a contributing author in “Voices of Democracy in Music Education: Diversity and Social Justice in the Classroom,” Routledge Press, 2015. She is a member of the international Association for Holocaust Organizations and the International Society for Music Educators.