Jeffrey Barrett (August 22, 1991) is an composer, singer-songwriter, and educator and a native of North Carolina. When he was eight he began piano lessons, and throughout secondary education, he also studied the viola and the baritone horn.

 

In 2013 he graduated from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T SU) with a Bachelor of Science in Music Education. At NC A&T SU he was a member of the Blue and Gold Marching Machine, the Wind Ensemble and had solo recitals on both the piano and the baritone horn. Here he also became a member of Alpha lambda Delta, Alpha Kappa Mu, and Phi Kappa Phi honor societies and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America.

 

He attended graduate school at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and graduated in 2015 with a Masters of Fine Arts in Film Music Composition. While at UNC School of the Arts he studied under Chris Heckman and composed music for a number of student films including Roses for Margret (2014), The Matador (2014), Sandman (2015), No Tip (2015), and Folds (2015). He also composed an original score for the 2014 student production of Václav Havel’s play The Memorandum.

 

Jeffrey is currently living in Los Angeles CA and working in the film and music industry.