Bruce Barber trained as a choral and orchestral conductor, an organist, and cellist, and holds a bachelor of arts degree from Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, and a master of music degree from the Yale School of Music and the Institute of Sacred Music. His primary teachers include Alexander Anderson (Rollins), Robert S. Baker, and Gerre E. Hancock (Yale). Currently he is the organist/choirmaster of Christ Church, Christiana Hundred in Greenville, Delaware. Prior to this position, he served as Director of Cathedral Music of Saint James Cathedral, Chicago, Illinois.