Brenda Barringer recently released her first music CD, "Spiral Staircase"

Brenda Barringer, Administrative Assistant in Capital Planning & Construction, recently released her first music CD, “Spiral Staircase,” featuring 17 original songs in which she plays guitar and sings. The CD, released under her stage name, “Broda,” is being sold online (CDBaby.com, IndieRhythm.com and brendabarringer.com) and at Buffalo Creek Guitar Company in Farmville. Some of its songs have been played on Farmville radio station WFLO. She was selected through an online submission process as a showcase performer for the 2008 Indiegrrl Women in the Arts Conference, held Aug. 21-24 in Spencer, Va., near Martinsville, where she performed alongside independent female musicians from the United States and Canada. She has been asked to perform at Indiegrrl Fest Jonica Gap in Mineral Bluff, Ga., in June 2009. She is a 1999 graduate of Longwood, where she was a member of Jazz Ensemble A, the Concert Band and the Camerata Singers.