Ballistics at the Ballet

Barbara Bowen is a musician and free-lance writer whose love of music was awakened by her mother, who played the flute. After failing miserably as a flute player, at the age of eleven Ms. Bowen began studying oboe. She has since performed and recorded on both oboe and English horn with professional symphonies and chamber groups throughout Mexico and Colorado, including 19 years with the Colorado Springs Symphony. Her inspirational articles have appeared in Unity Magazine and Daily Word, and she was a finalist and earned Honorable Mention in the 2018 Focus: Eddy Awards for her article, "Letting Go with Grace," published in Unity Magazine; Sept/Oct 2017.