I was raised by vegan activists

I come from a musical family. My dad starting putting us under the piano around age 2 for “ear training,” and we were singing together for as long as I can remember.

I love to garden and make hot sauce. Over the years I’ve grown serranos, habaneros, poblanos, carolina reapers, ghost peppers, and thai chilis, and fermented them into hot sauces that no one can eat.

There’s nothing I love more than mountains, except for my husband and our one-eyed dog, Chico

I’m a composer, tenor, and educator based in Los Angeles. I hold a Bachelor’s in Music from Yale, a Masters of Music in Choral Conducting from Rutgers, and a Masters of Music in Screen Scoring from USC. I’ve performed on the country’s greatest stages, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Disney Hall, and have recorded in LA’s best scoring stages, including Warner Brother’s Eastwood Stage, Hollywood Scoring, Evergreen Studios, and more.

I’ve recorded over a dozen albums with The Crossing, eight of which have been nominated for Grammys, and two of which, Born(2022) and Ochre(2025), have won. My favorite recording of ours is The Arc in the Sky, an amazing setting of Robert Lax texts by composer Kile Smith, released in 2017.

In LA I work in music for film and tv, sing with the LA Master Chorale and in other new music/classical/jazz projects, and run Barnett Music Studio.

I compose music for a variety of mediums, including music for film and tv, choral music, instrumental chamber music, and music for theater. I’m inspired by folk music, classical music, and and the amazing potential of the human voice.

I co-founded and co-direct the Uncommon Music Festival, an annual chamber music festival in Sitka, Alaska. We’ve commissioned works by composers such as Edie Hill, B.E. Boykin, Jonathan Woody, Conrad Winslow, all of which set poetry written by Sitkan or Alaskan writers.

I started my teaching career running the choral department at The Birch Wathen Lenox School in New York. Since then I’ve taught private lessons and workshops to people of all ages. I especially love to help people find their singing voices.