The collection spans the years of 1987-2009 and includes 58 boxes of scores, audio and video recordings, and a small amount of personal papers. Paul Freeman's papers, known as the Paul Freeman Conductor Scores, Recordings, and Other Material collection, are held at the Center for Black Music Research at Columbia College Chicago. Following his retirement from the Chicago Sinfonietta in 2011, he was named Emeritus Music Director of the orchestra. Concurrently to his time with the Chicago Sinfonietta, he held the post of music director and chief conductor of the Czech National Symphony Orchestra in Prague since 1996. In 1987, he founded the Chicago Sinfonietta of which he remained the Musical Director until his retirement in 2011. From 1979 to 1988, he served as music director of the Victoria Symphony in Canada. These were followed by a stint as principal guest conductor of the Helsinki Philharmonic. He then held posts as associate conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra from 1968-1970 and Detroit Symphony Orchestra from 1970-1979. While pursuing graduate studies at Eastman, Freeman began his conducting career as the music director of the Opera Theatre of Rochester for six years. He later studied conducting with Pierre Monteux at the American Symphony Orchestra. A Fulbright Scholarship enabled him to study for two years at the Hochshule für Musik (University for Music) in Berlin, Germany with Ewald Lindemann.
Freeman earned bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees from the Eastman School of Music. Freeman was a conductor, composer, and founder of the Chicago Sinfonietta.
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