Genre: Jazz, Blues, R&B, American Songbook, Latin, International, Broadway, Funk, Pop

A multilingual vocalist (Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese) born in Cuba, Barbara sings Latin, jazz, American Songbook, blues, Broadway, pop, and international favorites. “Barbara’s Serenade” is comprised of solo musicians or combos who are booked to perform at private parties, concerts, non-profit fundraisers, festivals, and business events. Barbara served as the Music curator for the Stamford ARTWALK and the Entertainment Curator for the Annual Greenwich Holiday Stroll.

In musical theatre, Barbara has performed leading roles and musical improv comedy including Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes, Bloody Mary in South Pacific’s Bali Hai, Agnes in I do! I do!, Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker, Baby June in Gypsy, and other character roles in shows and cabarets. She has trained with Barnum & Bailey and Big Apple Circus clowns and volunteers annually as a clown in the Stamford Thanksgiving Parade.

Barbara has studied ballroom, jazz, hip hop, tap, Flamenco, country line, Latin, and contemporary dancing. She has been a member of the adult jazz and hip hop dance troupes for master choreographer, Jimmy Locust. She dances in the annual Michael Jackson Thrill the World global fundraiser for charity.

Her commercial work includes serving as talent for a JBL/Harman global video, co-hosting live auctions, acting in transportation videos, on camera TV talent, and recording bilingual voiceovers for television commercials.

Professionally, Barbara is the President of Vertex Marketing Communications, a full service agency she founded in 1982. She handles the creative aspects of print, radio, television, public relations, and branding campaigns and has served as a public speaker, seminar leader, and consultant for corporate, business, entertainment, and government clients.

Barbara volunteers as a Business/Marketing coach and competition judge for low-income entrepreneurial students in the national NFTE organization and in preserving the arts in public schools.

For details and to book entertainment, email BarbaraSinging@gmail.com

http://www.barbaraentertains.com/