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; Convivium Musicum, a choir for Renaissance music; and is Music Director of L'Academie, a professional Baroque ensemble. As a singer Mr. Barrett has collaborated with Boston Camerata, Blue Heron, Seven Times Salt, and Boston Secession. 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.