Full Name
Barbara McAfee
Speaker Bio
All of Barbara's work takes root in voice.
As a voice coach she invites people to find their voices, whatever that means to them. Her book, Full Voice: The Art and Practice of Vocal Presence, presents what she has learned from decades of “midwifing voices.” Since 2013 she has been training other Full Voice Coaches to carry on this work.
Barbara's singing keynotes explore themes of leadership, meaning, voice and community for people in a wide variety of professions: training, health care, law, education, nonprofits, and industry. Her twelve years as an organizational development consultant helps keep her presentations real and relevant.
She is also a singer/songwriter with eight CD’s of mostly original music. The lyric-rich songs tap into jazz, gospel, and folk roots. It gives her great joy when people put her songs to work in their everyday lives.
In 2007, Barbara founded the Morning Star Singers, a volunteer comfort choir that sings for people facing illness, end of life, depression, or grief.
And how she loves inviting people to sing together! Barbara carries thousands of nourishing community songs and is constantly inspired by how quickly a group of untrained strangers can create beauty and resonance together. She is on the faculty for community singing retreats at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California.
A native Minnesotan, Barbara now lives up the street from the St. Croix River in St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, USA.
As a voice coach she invites people to find their voices, whatever that means to them. Her book, Full Voice: The Art and Practice of Vocal Presence, presents what she has learned from decades of “midwifing voices.” Since 2013 she has been training other Full Voice Coaches to carry on this work.
Barbara's singing keynotes explore themes of leadership, meaning, voice and community for people in a wide variety of professions: training, health care, law, education, nonprofits, and industry. Her twelve years as an organizational development consultant helps keep her presentations real and relevant.
She is also a singer/songwriter with eight CD’s of mostly original music. The lyric-rich songs tap into jazz, gospel, and folk roots. It gives her great joy when people put her songs to work in their everyday lives.
In 2007, Barbara founded the Morning Star Singers, a volunteer comfort choir that sings for people facing illness, end of life, depression, or grief.
And how she loves inviting people to sing together! Barbara carries thousands of nourishing community songs and is constantly inspired by how quickly a group of untrained strangers can create beauty and resonance together. She is on the faculty for community singing retreats at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California.
A native Minnesotan, Barbara now lives up the street from the St. Croix River in St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, USA.
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