Barnaby Smith

Barnaby Smith is Artistic Director of the internationally renowned vocal ensemble VOCES8, LIVE From London digital festivals, and the UK and US arms of The VOCES8 Foundation. He is in demand as a conductor, choir trainer, countertenor and arranger. Barnaby completed his studies in Specialist Early Music Performance at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis where he was a pupil of Andreas Scholl. Barnaby is also an alumnus of the Britten-Pears Young Artists Programme. Barnaby’s collaborations include Rachel Podger, Roderick Williams, Christina Pluhar, Masaki Suzuki, Jacob Collier, Jonathan Dove, Christopher Tin; conducting includes the Academy of Ancient Music, Philharmonia, Australian National Academy of Music, English Chamber Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Monte Carlo Symphony and he directed the music for the Olympic Mascots Film Scores at Abbey Road Studios with the British Film Orchestra. Recent digital collaborations include The Sixteen, the English Chamber Orchestra, Gabrieli Consort & Players, The Tallis Scholars, the Academy of Ancient Music and Chanticleer. Barnaby is also Artistic Director of the Milton Abbey International Music Festival, and co-curates and teaches on the MMus programme in Choral Studies at Cambridge University.