About Barb: 

Barb Newman has taught general music and beginner’s band for over 34 years in the Pierre and Brookings School districts. She now teaches privately and is founder and director of Capital City
Children’s Chorus, a non-profit organization that services unchanged voices in the Pierre and surrounding area. She has judged regional music contests throughout the State of South Dakota, and has directed high school music festivals, IMC, community choruses, theatre musicals, Episcopal church choirs and is a featured clarinet soloist.

Mrs. Newman is a graduate of SDSU, and has her Level Three Orff-Schulwerk certification from the University of St. Thomas. She is past president of South Dakota Music Educators Association and has served as an Elementary Chair, Membership Chair, and currently Government and Relations Chair. She is also a member of ACDA, National Orff-Schulwerk Association, National Kodaly Association and is on the advisory board for SD Alliance for Arts Education (SDAAE).

Mrs. Newman and her husband Rick are owners of the Zesto Ice Cream Shoppe in Pierre and have two children, a daughter Jocelyn 30, who is a dermatology resident at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, and a son Brendan 24, audio engineer and guitarist in Manhattan, New York.