Cole Freeman is the Orchestra Director at Myers Park and David W. Butler High Schools in Charlotte, NC where he teaches intermediate and advanced orchestra classes, chamber music, and AP music theory. Previously, he was the Orchestra Director at South Mecklenburg High and Quail Hollow Middle Schools. Mr. Freeman has also maintained a significant private lesson studio during his years as an educator.

As a musician, Mr. Freeman has played in multiple professional orchestras across North Carolina since the age of 16, performing alongside artists such as Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Andrea Bocelli, and Molly Ringwald. An avid chamber musician, Mr. Freeman has his own string quartet, the Linden Quartet, which he performs with regularly, along with many other chamber ensembles in the Charlotte region.

Mr. Freeman graduated with a Bachelors of Music Education (Summa Cum Laude) from UNC Greensboro in 2018. He studied violin under Dr. Fabian Lopez, Calin Lupanu, and Steve Kamradt and studied string pedagogy under Dr. Rebecca MacLeod.

Outside of music, Mr. Freeman holds a black belt and multiple national championships in Judo. He enjoys running long distances with friends and has finished several marathons. He qualified for the Boston Marathon in 2019. Despite having such varied interests, he most of all enjoys spending time at home with his true loves, his wife Tori and his young son Gray.