Highly regarded for her artistry and versatility, Barbara specializes in performing and recording the music of the Middle Ages through the present day. Recent solo performances include Mozart's Coronation Mass (soprano), Mozart’s Requiem (mezzo-soprano), Richard Clark's Te Deum (soprano), Kate Bush’s Pi, and Britten’s The Company of Heaven (soprano), as well as concert appearances with Seven Times Salt, Hesperus, The Henry Purcell Society of Boston, and the Cambridge Christmas Revels. Ensemble appearances include performances with Emmanuel Music, Ensemble Altera, Nightingale Vocal Ensemble, The Crossing, and Cappella Clausura. An enthusiastic supporter of new music, she especially enjoys the opportunity to premiere and record new works. Highlights include recording Gavin Bryars: The Fifth Century (2018 GRAMMY Award for Best Choral Performance), premiering Julia Wolfe’s “Fire in my mouth” with the NY Philharmonic and The Crossing in January 2019, and in July 2022 she made her Carnegie Hall debut as the mezzo-soprano soloist in Heidi Breyer’s Amor Aeternus: A Requiem for the Common Man.

Barbara is a member of Beyond Artists and donates a portion of her artistic earnings to organizations such as 350.org. (beyondartists.com)

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