Dr. Wayne Barrett
Contact Information
Dr. Wayne Barrett
Voice
Advisement
Music Education
Phone: (936)294-1366
Office: Music 311
E-mail: wayne.barrett@shsu.edu
Profile of Dr. Wayne Barrett
Dr. Wayne Barrett has been a member of the SHSU faculty since 1992. He holds degrees from Samford University (B.M. in Music Education), The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (M.C.M. in Church Music and Conducting), and the University of Iowa (D.M.A. in Choral Conducting and Pedagogy), where he studied with William Hatcher and Richard Bloesch. Dr. Barrett also directs the Bach Choir of Huntsville, a community chamber choir that he co-founded, and he is the Minister of Music at First Baptist Church Huntsville.
Dr. Barrett in an active lyric tenor, specializing in oratorio and cantata literature. Gaining attention as a Bach Evangelist, he has recently appeared with the Texas Baroque Ensemble in performances of the St. John Passion and Christmas Oratorio. Other recent performances include Handel's Messiah, Honneger's King David , Mozart's Mass in C Minor, Bruckner's Te Deum, and numerous Bach cantatas.
Dr. Barrett's activities also take him regularly to Hungary and other areas of Central and Eastern Europe. He has completed extensive studies of Hungarian sacred music and has introduced some of this repertoire to the American public. Other activities have included teaching in the summer SITE program at the International Baptist Seminary in Prague.