Michael Barrett

Michael Barrett is active in the Boston area as a singer and conductor. While studying and working in the Netherlands, he was a member of the Huelgas Ensemble, the Netherlands Bach Society, and the Hemony Ensemble. In addition to his work with L'Académie, Mr. Barrett directs Sprezzatura, a professional vocal ensemble, and Convivium Musicum, a Renaissance chamber choir. This past summer he directed the Collegium at the Amherst Early Music Festival in New London, CT. At Harvard University he directs the Dudley Chorus, a chamber choir for Harvard graduate students.

As a singer Mr. Barrett has collaborated with the Boston Camerata, Blue Heron, Seven Times Salt, and Boston Secession and has appeared in the two most recent opera productions of the Boston Early Music Festival. He also maintains a studio for private instruction in voice, piano, and music theory.

Mr. Barrett earned an AB in music from Harvard University, an MM in choir conducting from Indiana University in Bloomington, and a first phase diploma in Baroque and Classical singing from the Royal Conservatory in The Hague.