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. We see the passion for music that drives this fascinating '"woman of note." 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, including symphonies, works for chamber ensemble, string orchestra, organ, harpsichord, musicals, choral anthems, film scores, modern ballets, and many arrangements for brass and organ of various Baroque works. She is also involved in the research, editing and publication of manuscripts of eighteenth-century keyboard composers as well as historical and contemporary women composers. Her works are available in both recorded and published form through labels including MSR Classics, Naxos, Gasparo Records, Kingdom Records, Albany Records and Northeastern Records, and publishers including Hester Park, Robert King, Elkan-Vogel, Augsburg Publishing, Agape Music and Vivace Press.
