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Barb Blevins

Barb Blevins is originally from Iowa, grew up in a small community near the Mississippi River, and thus has a life-long misconception of what constitutes a river (the rest are “streams”).

She had nine years of piano lessons as a child, became church organist at age 15, her first paid music job, and held that position for three years, till she graduated from high school. She also played for funerals, weddings, and school events during that time.

She continued on to college, getting a BA, summa cum laude, in philosophy, then on to law school, and practiced law for five years before realizing it was the wrong career for her.

Over the last several years, she began to do the music for some videos produced by a local class in acting, and finally found her passion. Her video experience progressed from music played as “background,” to arrange and adapt, to finally composition of original music.

She currently is in Hummie Mann's Film Scoring Program, having completed FS4 last year with a film that was premiered in July at Broadway Performance Center, and is taking FS4 again this year. She also teaches piano to children and beginning adults, and is taking private lessons in composition and tech matters from Hummie's assistant, Tim Huling.