Ms. Barbara A. Masters

Music Director, Visitation Catholic Church, Elmhurst
Music Faculty, Elmhurst College

Barbara Masters serves as Music Director at Visitation Catholic Church in Elmhurst, IL where she directs 4 choirs. The Visitation Adult Choir performed in Rome at the Vatican during their recent tour. Ms. Masters is on the Music Faculty of Elmhurst College teaching piano and organ. Prior to moving to the Chicago area, she served as Music Director/Organist at Catholic and Lutheran churches in Ohio and Rhode Island. Ms. Masters is also a composer of orchestral and vocal music, having created a full length orchestral score for an original Alice in Wonderland Ballet. She also has served as music director for many theater productions, taught vocal music, voice and piano in public and private schools and in her own studio. Ms. Masters attended the University of Michigan, holds a BMus from Boston University, an MA in Ethnomusicology from Brown University, and an MMus in Organ performance from Youngstown State University. Barbara Masters lives in Elmhurst with her husband and has 3 grown sons.