RED BARN - Key Persons


Barbara Kilduff

Job Titles:
  • Music Director
Barbara Kilduff has had a long, internationally acclaimed career as a leading coloratura soprano. Her career began as a National winner of the Metropolitan Opera Council auditions, going from there to win first prize in the Munich International Competition and the silver medal in the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Barbara has performed in Munich, Vienna and Hamburg State Operas, Basel, the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, Vancouver, Athens, San Diego and Cologne, Washington Opera, Zurich, Geneva, Bonn, Graz, Madrid, Mannheim. In the New England area she has performed as Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor) with Granite State Opera, Norina (Don Pasquale) with the Newton Symphony Orchestra, Morgana (Alcina), Queen of the Night (The Magic Flute) and Konstanza (Abduction from te Seraglio) with Emmanuel Music. In concert Barbara has appeared with Masterworks Chorale, New England Classical Singers, Dedham Choral Society, Cambridge Community Chorus, the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, and the New Bedford Symphony. In parallel with her busy singing career Barbara has taught voice at Phillips Academy for the past seventeen years. Barbara lives locally in Andover with husband, Dermot and their two daughters, Eileen and Caroline. Further information can be found on Barbara's website at barbarakilduff.com

David Grober

Job Titles:
  • Congregational Administrator
As the Congregational Administrator, David Grober is responsible for managing the church office, coordinating space rentals, and providing support to the Board of Directors and standing committees as needed. David has been a member of the UUCiA for nearly a quarter century.

Lazarus House

Job Titles:
  • Andover Community Trust

Thea Shapiro

Job Titles:
  • Director of Religious Education