Barbara Harbach-"A Woman of Note"

  • 15 years ago
A bio-profile of musician, composer and teacher Barbara Harbach (http://www.barbaraharbach.com/) as she premieres her newest work, an opera based on the novel "O Pioneers" by Willa Cather. In an interview with reporter Jim Althoff, Barbara describes what stories inspire her musical compositions. The story aired on the Emmy-award winning television program State of the Arts on HEC-TV (Higher Education Channel - www.hectv.org), a magazine-style show about the vibrant arts community in the St. Louis region featuring behind-the-scenes looks at musicians, theatre groups, dancers, artists, performers and writers.

Barbara Harbach has a large catalog of works for symphonies, chamber works, organ, harpsichord, musicals, chorus anthems, film scores and modern ballets. Her CDs are available on MSR Classics, Naxos, Gasparo Records, Albany Records and Northeastern Records, and publishers including Hester Park, Robert King, Elkan-Vogel, Augsburg Publishing, Agape Music and Vivace Press.