Barbara Leoni

Vocals and Guitar
bleoni@laityarts.org

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Originally from Wisconsin, Barbara Leoni was a music student at UW LaCrosse before coming to LA to attend Musician's Institute in Hollywood,(GIT) where she graduated with honors and was awarded a USA Custom Ibanez guitar. She studied vocal technique extensively with Robert Edwards, renown vocal coach to the stars (Christina Aguillara, Bonnie Raitt, Sheryl Crow) and learned to teach his method which is similar to the famous "Seth Riggs" method.

Barbara remained in LA working in numerous bands spanning a wide variety of musical styles including blues, rock, country, surf, and even Persian music! With "The California Girls", an all female surf band, she opened for "The Beach Boys" , "The Safaris", "Jan and Dean", "Steppin Wolf"; toured the US playing theaters, fairs, casinos; and played overseas for the troops in Bosnia, Kosovo, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Iraq, Afghanistan,Norway, Germany, the Pacific Islands, and Diego Garcia.

Most recently she was a member of the Greg London band, an impressionist with whom she performed in Leicester Square in the West End of London and at Harrah's Reno for a 2 1/2 year run.
Barbara has appeared in film and television and has produced her own solo blues cd entitled "Human Needs". Now she is located in the Antelope Valley and teaches voice, guitar, and beginning piano.