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Barberi Paull Feit has been graced with an interesting professional life. She is a
psychotherapist with an international client base. She received her training at New York
University.
Barberi began her professional life in music. She is a composer with many concert works to
her credit, including concrete\electronic compositions and music for film, and for dance.
She writes her own lyrics and libretti. Barberi studied Composition at The Juilliard School of
Music and was a fellow at Tanglewood in Choral Conducting and Composition working with
Leonard Bernstein.
With The Barberi Paull Musical Theater, Inc. Barberi directed a respected company of
artists that produced theater pieces and mixed media events across the United States.
Through the Meet-The-Composer programs she has taken part in concerts of her music in
live performances, on radio and television, both here and abroad. Her commissions, honors
and awards include a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship.
In addition to having had her works published, Barberi has licensed for use many songs for
young people. She has a licensing relationship with Silver Burdett and Ginn, the
distinguished publisher of music programs for children in the schools. She created a musical
character for Silver called Miranda the Ant introduced through songs and a package, which
included a book, a costume, and choreography for a dance. Barberi's song, America I Hear
You Singing, enjoyed renewed popularity after the September 11th terrorist attacks on
America and is used by children for fundraising and support of the military.
Barberi's music, original scores and related memorabilia are part of The Barberi Paull
Collection in the American Heritage Archive, an archive dedicated to preserving the work of
significant American composers.
Barberi has worked free-lance as a photographers' model for most of her life. Her voice was heard narrating the American Cancer Society's Smoke-Free 2000 motivational series
designed to educate children. The program won an Emmy.
As an author Barberi has contributed articles to magazines and newspapers. During the
nineties she published a free print newsletter called "The Love Letter," which has evolved
into a free online eNewsletter, www.theloveletter.net.
Barberi also conceived of The Angel Auberon series and is writing the books and music. The
stories of this series are set in the context of angelic legend. The series was begun with
publication of the book entitled The Angel Chronicles: The Guardian Angels Books I-V by
The Angel Auberon. It is the story of the beginning of human life and of how the assembly
of guardian angels was formed to care for all living beings. The book is available at
bookstores everywhere and online at Amazon.com. She composed
the music for the CD companion to the book, Angel Music. Angel Music is available through
Amazon.com.
Barberi's latest book is the novel, Love and Dreams. Set in New York society during a period
that spans the last century, the saga of life, love, friendship and dreams is woven into New
York's richly textured history and the rituals established by New York's first settlers: the
WASP gentry and the German-Jewish aristocracy. While offered for sale at bookstores,
including the online bookstores, Love and Dreams is sold at The Museum of the City of New
York: The Museum Store.
The photograph of the New York City skyline on the cover of Love and Dreams was taken by
Barberi's father in 1935. Barberi is a sixth generation New Yorker and is prominent in the
cultural and intellectual life of New York City.
Barberi is the founder and CEO of Illumina, Inc, the communications company that handles
her work. Her books are produced through the Illumina, Inc. Imprint, and by Xlibris, a
strategic partner of Random House Ventures, LLC, a subsidiary of Random House, Inc.
Barberi is listed in Who's Who, Who's Who of American Women, American Women Composers, Who's Who in Entertainment, and Who's Who in the World among other directories.
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