Barbara Peterson Cackler was born and raised in Kansas, where she began studying the piano at the age of four. She received her Bachelor of Music degree from Oberlin Conservatory of Music and her Master of Music degree from Yale School of Music. She has done extensive private teaching, accompanying, and chamber music, and has served as music director and organist for several churches. She currently serves as Director of Music and Organist at Central United Methodist Church in Arlington, Virginia. She has given solo recitals throughout the United States and the Indian Sub-Continent as well. She was a featured guest artist on WGMS Radio's "Spotlight" program. She has also performed with the Delhi Symphony as a piano soloist. Her teachers have included Miles Mauney, Olga Barabini, Donald Currier, Claude Frank, Béla Böszörmenyi-Nagy, and Thomas Mastroianni.
Ms. Cackler is a member of the American Guild of Organists, the Friday Morning Music Club and the MTNA.
Since 2010, Ms. Cackler has been part of the Double C Piano Duo with pianist Rosanne Conway. They have a varied repertoire, and have performed at dozens of venues in the greater Washington, DC area.
