Barbara is a powerful and versatile vocal artist, with a professional singing and acting career spanning over 30 years. She is best known as one of the “The Mantini Sisters”, a singing trio who have performed across Canada and the United States in their own productions.  Barbara performs regularly as a jazz vocalist in festivals and clubs, and as a classical soprano in concerts and symphony orchestras. Recently, she has ventured into a solo Broadway cabaret project. Barbara has also appeared in musical theatre productions such as "Nine", "The Music Man", “Nunsense”, “Oliver”, “Mikado”, and “Anne of Green Gables”, and has voiced for the animated cartoons “The Busy World of Richard Scarry”, “Rupert”, “Babar-The Movie”, and "Bad Dog". 

When not performing, Barbara teaches in the Acting for Film and Television program at Niagara College, and at her own private voice studio.