Directing
Barry-Smith made his directorial debut at the 2001 4MBS Festival with Purcell's Dido and Aeneas in which he also sang the role of Æneas; this production won him the Perform 4MBS Award for Opera Production. Barry-Smith works as vocal coach and musical director of the Queensland Youth Choir. Together with Narelle French, Opera Queensland's Head of Music, Barry-Smith devised several touring productions for Opera Queensland, notably The Food of Love which ran for several years since 2004, and in 2009 Waltzing Our Matilda, co-written with his wife Leisa Barry-Smith. In 2008 he re-mounted Opera Queensland's production of Hansel and Gretel for its tour of 83 schools through Queensland and northern New South Wales.
He held the position of Artistic Director of the Queensland Youth Choir from 2008-2010, teaches Musical Theatre/Voice at the University of Southern Queensland's Summer Schools, classical voice at Queensland Conservatorium's Opera school, and is the current Director of Opera Queensland's Young and Developing Artist Program.
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