Barbara Adams: audio engineer, educator, and Philadelphia SoundGirls Chapter Head

Barbara Adams is an audio engineer and educator with over twenty-five years of experience in the music industry. She specializes in live sound and production management. Her strong and varied experience also includes recording engineer, stage management, and artist management.

Barbara is a Lecturer Professor at Rowan University teaching Sound Reinforcement and Audio Recording in their Music Industry Program. She also is the booking manager for Rowan Music Group, the program’s record label, and artist management services. By night she is busy as an engineer and production manager working as a freelance Engineer/System Tech for several production companies and regional bands touring the NorthEast and Mid-Atlantic states. As the Soundgirls Philadelphia chapter president, she is always looking for ways to help mentor and guide new engineers in the field of live sound and bring together the Philadelphia community of soundgirls. And as if this wasn’t enough, she is the mom to a very busy teenage son.