Barnabas is in his third year of a Bachelor of Music in Jazz on Drum Kit at the Elder Conservatorium of Music. He performed with the University of Adelaide Big Band 1 and the esteemed U.S. saxophonist Bob Minzter at the Elder Conservatorium of Music Evening Concert Series 2006, and in a jazz quartet at the accompanying public Masterclass. Nominated as the Most Outstanding Jazz Drums Undergraduate for 2006.