Barry Singer has been the conductor of the Arlington-Belmont Chamber Chorus since 1994. He was named conductor of the Arlington-Belmont Chorale in 2004, after spending two years as assistant conductor to Chorale founder John Bavicchi, and one year as interim conductor upon Maestro Bavicchi's retirement in 2003.

A vocalist and multi-instrumentalist since childhood, Barry received his degree in Composition from Berklee College of Music where he studied with John Bavicchi and Jeronimas Kacinskas. The PSA has premiered two of his works, Three Times We Parted (1992) written for the Chamber Chorus, and Lux Aeterna (2002), for the Chorale and Orchestra. From 1983-1998 Barry sang with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, in numerous performances and recordings with the Boston Symphony and Boston Pops Orchestras. Currently, Barry is on the faculty at the Music Maker School in Acton, and maintains a private teaching studio in Arlington. He also is an active piano accompanist, working regularly with the Arlington Public Schools and the National Association of Teachers of Singing. Other ongoing musical activities include frequent work as a freelance jazz pianist, as keyboard/sax/flute player with the Boston-area dance band Firefly, as a keyboard and winds player for area musical theatre groups, and as a piccoloist and sax player with the Boston City Band. Barry is baritone soloist with the Congregation Shirat Hayam of the North Shore, and has performed at several area churches.

Barry has conducted several groups in recent years. Each summer, he leads the local vocal ensemble The M.S. Singers, and in 2007 conducted "Carmina Burana" for the Paul Madore Chorale SummerSing series. Past directorships include the Arlington Friends of the Drama, the Oktoberfest Theater of Marlborough and the Sudbury Savoyards, and he has assistant-conducted or guest-conducted the MIT Gilbert and Sullivan Players, and the Savoyard Light Opera Company. Additionally, Barry was a founder and co-leader of Serious Fun, a contemporary a cappella group.

Barry resides in Arlington with his wife Betsy, their son Benn, and their daughter Chloe.