St. Louis Women's Chorale

Dr. Barbara Harbach, Professor of Music at the University of Missouri-St. Louis holds academic degrees from Pennsylvania State University (B.A.), Yale University (M.M.A.), Musikhochschule (Konzertdiplom) in Frankfurt, Germany, and the Eastman School of Music (D.M.A.).
As a composer, Harbach has written 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. Harbach is also the editor of Women of Note Quarterly.
Harbach initiated Women in the Arts-St. Louis, a celebration of the achievements of women creators.

Gay Holmes Spears completed the Bachelor of Music degree at University of Tennessee at Martin, Master of Music at Arkansas State University, and Doctor of
Musical Arts at University of Memphis. She has earned several awards and commission prizes for her compositions. Her pieces in many instrumental and vocal media have been performed in numerous concerts throughout the U.S., Europe, and Japan. Spears taught at Williams College in Arkansas for 14 years and has also recently taught at Webster University and St. Louis Community College-Meramec. In 2003 she began as organist at Bonhomme Presbyterian Church in Chesterfield.