Michael Barrett, Music Director

Music director Michael Barrett is active in the Boston area as a singer and conductor. Prior to making Boston his home in 2004, Mr. Barrett spent four years studying and working in The Netherlands. While in Europe he was a member of the Huelgas Ensemble, the Netherlands Bach Society and the Hemony Ensemble.

In Boston Mr. Barrett directs Sprezzatura, a professional vocal ensemble for Renaissance and early Baroque repertoire, and has collaborated with Blue Heron, Seven Times Salt, and Boston Secession. At Harvard he directs the Holden Chamber Ensembles and the Dudley Chorus, and until recently was assistant conductor for the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum.

Mr. Barrett has performed in the two most recent opera productions of the Boston Early Music Festival. He also maintains a studio for private instruction in voice 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.