In 2015 Barbara was given one of Creative Nova Scotia's  Established Artist Recognition Awards.

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​Barbara also appears on Music TORONTO's
list of
Top Ten  Moments in 2015.

Barbara's Toccata CD made it onto
​MUSICAL TORONTO'S
list of
The Best Classical and Opera Albums of 2012.

In 2009 Barbara
was one of fifty
outstanding musicians
to be named
Canadian Music Centre
Ambassador,
in celebration of
​the Canadian Music Centre's 50th Anniversary.