Barbara McGillicuddy

Barbara McGillicuddy was born in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1981, she graduated from Titusville High School where she began singing as a sophomore, encouraged by her high school guidance counselor’s belief in her. Every Friday he took his wife and Barbara to a bar, where he set her up to sing with a big band.  Those appearances brought other gigs in her local community.

Her singing career began with the classics: The Hallelujah Chorus-Vivaldi’s Gloria and transitioned to rock and roll, country, blues, jazz, classical and opera. Making money as a singer was not McGillicuddy’s first priority, but to feed her soul doing what she loves. 

In 1994 Barbara auditioned and landed solo parts with a volunteer community chorus. Joined by her father, who also sang with the group, McGillicuddy and her father traveled with the chorus to Italy and Switzerland, performing at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican for High Mass on Sunday mornings. An experience McGillicuddy describes as “Awesome.”  

In 1996 Barbara landed a job with a dance company that had the promise of making it big in Vegas: doing gigs and starting a studio. The man who was to set up the gigs and the studio left McGillicuddy and company to do the jobs while he took off with the seed money for the studio. In spite of the set back, blessings followed McGillicuddy, leading to the opportunity to perform at places like the Sands, the Dunes, the Palace Station, the Golden Nugget, the Holiday Inns and the Hiltons. 

In 2005 Barbara’s vocal talent positioned her to be named Music Director by the City of Titusville, arranging and performing all of their Patriotic Events. She is also a member of the Flag and Memorial Committee for Titusville. 

In 2006 Barbara wrote and produced eight songs in a collection called "A Walk Through Time," songs that express her heart and soul on her journey through discovering the meaning and purpose of her life.