George Vern Barnett (31 January 1891 – 15 April 1946) was an Australian organist, choir master and accompanist.

He was the son of George Vern Barnett, a dental surgeon, and his wife Margaret Sophia (née Woodward).

[2] He was choir master and organist at Sydney churches including Petersham Congregational Church (1913–1919), St Andrew's Summer Hill (1919–1922), and St Peter's Neutral Bay (1922–1932) and gave performances on the Sydney Town Hall Grand Organ from the age of eighteen.

He worked with many great overseas and local artists including Andrew Black, Henri Verbrugghen, Florence Austral, Elsa Stralia, Lillian Nordica, John McCormack and Dame Nellie Melba.

Newspaper reviewers frequently made special note of his contribution to performances with comments such as "a great deal of the success of the performance was due to the fine work of G. Vern Barnett at the piano" and "Mr G. Vern Barnett likewise did his part of the work with consummate taste and feeling, and gave the requisite help to the melodies without any attempt to secure undue prominence for himself, although his accomplishments in this capacity are undeniable.

This arose from the decision to perform on national radio Constant Lambert's choral work The Rio Grande.

Sargent in particular expressed his appreciation and admiration for Barnett's preparation of a 250-voice choir in three weeks for a performance of Verdi's Requiem in 1936.

On that occasion one of many tributes came from Australia's first woman architect Florence Taylor CBE: "He was the greatest contributor to life I have ever known.