Barnaby Smith is artistic director of the vocal chamber ensemble VOCES8, a countertenor, a conductor, an arranger, and an educator as well. His musical interests range from Renaissance music to contemporary pop.
Smith began his musical career as a chorister at Westminster Abbey, where he often appeared as a treble soloist; he performed with the group at the BBC Proms and other nationally prominent events. He went on to Bedford School, where he was a music scholar (performing at school events in return for reduced tuition), and then to a gap year singing with the Winchester Ca...