A teacher for over thirty years, most recently in her hometown school of Odebolt-Arthur where she also serves as director of high school musicals, Barbara earned her Music Education degree from Morningside College. Barb is a contralto soloist for the Beth Shalom Synagogue and the Scottische Rite Temple in Sioux City, Iowa. She is also a rehearsal accompanist, vocalist, and assistant and sectional conductor with the Siouxland Master Chorale. In June of 2000, she toured Japan with the Chorale. Barbara also serves as a festival clinician and contest adjudicator, and owns a private piano and voice studio.