Barbara Brooks

Don Juan Giovanni & Figaro Music Director/Conductor/Pianist Barbara Brooks is an active vocal coach and music director in the Twin Cities area.  She has worked with various opera companies that include the American Repertory Theater and Theatre de la Jeune Lune on Carmen, Canadian Opera, Minnesota Opera, New Orleans Opera, Opera Banff, Berkshire Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Kentucky Opera, as well as with the University of Minnesota Opera and University of North Texas Opera programs. Ms. Brooks also served as a vocal coach for the Minnesota Opera’s Resident Artist Program and is currently on the music staff of the Wesley Balk Institute. She currently teaches piano at Macalester College and is the pianist for the Minnesota Chorale, the official chorus of the Minnesota Orchestra.