Barnaby Smith

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. A stint in the Britten-Pears Young Artists Programme helped launch his varied career, conducting the Voces Cantabiles choir and making solo appearances in Handel's Messiah, HWV 56, and Bach's St. John Passion, BWV 245. Conducting Voces Cantabiles, Smith made his recording debut in 2007 with an album of works by Robert Parsons. In 2003, Smith and his brother Paul Smith founded VOCES8, and Barnaby continues to serve as artistic director. In 2021, Smith led VOCES8 on the Naxos album Infinity.