She graduated from the Teachers' Institute, Lemburg, in 1874, and studied piano privately with Karol Mikuli, the director of the Lemberg Conservatory.
Amvrosii, Yevheniia organized and conducted the men's and women's choirs in Ternopil (1882–1886).
Yevheniia married the educator and politician Oleksander Barvinsky (1847–1926) and they raised six children, Olha Bachynska (1874–1955), Bohdan Barvinskyi (1880–1958), Roman (1881–1947), Olena Savchuk (1883–1962), Vasyl Barvinsky (1888–1963) and Oleksander Barvinskyi (1889–1957).
[3] Vasyl, whose first music teacher was Yevheniia, went on to become an accomplished composer later in life.
[1][4]In 1891, Yevheniia Barvinska became the conductor of the Lemburg choir of the Boyan Society through which she continued to promote the work of Ukrainian composers.