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Catherine Barnes

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#tbt – 2018 Marimba Recital and Fundraiser

May 15, 2023May 15, 2023
Queen Mab
Shows

#tbt – 2018 Marimba Recital and Fundraiser From 2004 to 2008, I studied percussion at Northwestern University, where I spent most of my time playing an instrument called the marimba. The marimba is like a giant xylophone genetically engineered to

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“So, how was playing with the San Diego Symphony?”

February 4, 2023February 4, 2023
Queen Mab
Music, News!, Shows

This is an excerpt from my January 2023 email newsletter “The Brain Break,” which I send out once a month on or around the full moon. If you like what you’ve read here, subscribe so you can be the first to read my writing, get tickets to upcoming performances, and find out when I have openings for private lessons.

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“Wait – how come YOU got to play with the symphony?”

January 5, 2023January 5, 2023
Queen Mab
Music, News!, Shows

This is an excerpt from my December 2022 email newsletter “The Brain Break,” which I send out once a month on or around the full moon. If you like what you’ve read here, subscribe so you can be the first to read my writing, get tickets to upcoming performances, and find out when I have openings for private lessons.

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Love Thy Neighbor 2020

Photo of Catherine Barnes, Marian Ruiz of Border Angels, Hima Joshi, and Anna Juliar at St Timothy's Episcopal Church.
August 24, 2022August 24, 2022
Queen Mab
Music, Shows

I neglected to document the concert that I performed with Hima Joshi and Anna Juliar to raise money for Border Angels in February 2020, so I’m doing it now!

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International Man of Mystery Photos

July 18, 2022July 18, 2022
Queen Mab
Shows

This is an image gallery for my solo show “Queen Mab and the International Man of Mystery.”

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Yes, No, Maybe So Images

July 14, 2022July 18, 2022
Queen Mab
Shows

This is an image gallery for my solo show “Yes, No, Maybe So.”

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Queen Mab and the International Man of Mystery

February 25, 2022July 29, 2022
Queen Mab
Shows

One woman…a big metal xylophone…and a tambourine that wants so badly to be a drum set! That’s my first solo show, “Queen Mab and the International Man of Mystery”

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Thank You, It’s True

February 25, 2022July 29, 2022
Queen Mab
Shows

“Thank You! It’s True” is a two-person show that pokes fun at self-help programs aimed at women.

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Yes, No, Maybe So?

February 25, 2022March 18, 2023
Queen Mab
Shows

Yes, No, Maybe So – A solo show about consent…and how much we all suck at it!

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Trouble! A Calamity Adventure

February 25, 2022July 25, 2022
Queen Mab
Shows

WHAT: Trouble! A Calamity Adventure – a radio play with music. WHO: Written and edited by Catherine Barnes; performed by Cathryn Beeks, Nisha Catron, Marcia Claire, Patric Petrie, Catherine Barnes, and Claudia Russell; All songs written by Cathryn Beeks and

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