Barbara Wilkinson is a classically trained pianist with over thirty years’ experience performing, teaching and coaching both in the USA and abroad. Click for more details about visit her website.
Raised in North Carolina, Barbara began her career at the age of 13 as accompanist for her school choir. Since then her career as performer, piano teacher, voice teacher, choir director, and coach/accompanist has taken her from North Carolina to Michigan, LA, Washington, DC, and Brussels, Belgium.
In addition to her job as Director of Music at the Unity Center DC church in DC, Barbara maintains a private music studio where she teaches piano and voice, and offers coaching and accompaniment for vocalists and instrumentalists. Her warm, nurturing pedagogical style, combined with her extensive experience working with people of all levels, ages and backgrounds, allows her students to reach their musical potential in a joyful, non-threatening way. She is never happier than when a student discovers his or her own power of music.
Education
BM in Piano Performance, 1979; University of North Carolina, Greensboro
MM in Piano Performance, 1982; University of Michigan
Barbara regularly attends piano and voice pedagogy workshops countrywide, in order to keep her teaching methods aligned with the most recent music education research.
Music Organizations
National Federation of Music Clubs
Music Teachers National Association
Washington Music Teachers Association
Friday Morning Music Club, Washington, DC
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