Barbara Walker
LPCC Co-founder, and director of the Apprentice Choir and Chorale,
recieved a Bachelors of Vocal Music Education degree from Louisiana
State University, a Masters of Vocal Performance and Education from
Loyola University in New Orleans, and a Kodaly Certification from Sam
Houston State University. Ms. Walker has taught elementary music in
public school for over twenty years, and is currently music specialist
for the music program. Ms. Walker has served as the American Choral
Directors Association's Children's Choir Repetoire & Standards
Chair for Louisiana for the past eight years.
While teaching in Houston, Texas, Ms. Walker was selected as the 1989 Elementary Teacher of the Year for the state of Texas. She was selected as the Walker Elementary Teacher of the Year in 1990. In 1999, Walker was selected as the Livingston Parish Elementary Teacher of the Year, and Louisiana Region VII Elementary Teacher of the Year.
Walker is an active adjudicator and has conducted seminars in Kentucky, Louisiana, Nebraska and Texas. She regularly serves as guest conductor for district middle school and elementary school honor choirs across Louisiana.