Barbara Brooks, Music Director
Barbara is in her fourth year as Music Director of Woven Voices. She also serves as accompanist and choral advisor for the Minnesota Chorale, the symphonic chorus for the Minnesota Orchestra and was Music Director at First Unitarian Society for 33 years.
Barb is an active vocal coach and music director in the Twin Cities area. She has worked with various opera companies including Canadian Opera, Minnesota Opera, New Orleans Opera, Opera Banff, Berkshire Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Kentucky Opera, as well as the University of Minnesota Opera and University of North Texas Opera programs. She has served as a vocal coach for the Minnesota Opera’s Resident Artist program and currently is on the music staff of the Wesley Balk Institute. She has also collaborated as music director in the highly imaginative productions of Mozart’s operas at Theatre de la Jeune Lune in Minneapolis. She holds a master’s degree in piano performance from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.