Biography

Now in their 14th Season, New York-based professional vocal ensemble, The Salvatones consists of passionate, committed singers led by artistic director Daniel Brondel, who is the Associate Director of Music & Organist at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Since 2010, their impressive vocal artistry has been dazzling and delighting audiences in concert as well as in private and public events. Co-founded with President Salvatore Diana, The Salvatones’ mission is to inspire and improve lives through high-quality music and creative community engagement, delivering thrilling, immersive, and engaging NYC-based musical experiences. With their educational initiative, The Salvatones Young Voices, the organization sponsors dynamic learning experiences, engaging young singers in collaborative concerts. The ensemble has collaborated with internationally renowned vocal ensembles including The Philippine Madrigal Singers, the Essence of Joy Singers, and DeKoor Close Harmony. Their yearly concert series, collaborating with the New York Virtuosi string ensembles, includes The Many Sounds of Christmas, The Many Sounds of Spring, and American Reflections. The Salvatones have appeared throughout New York City and in Westchester, New Jersey, Connecticut, Maryland, and Ohio. They performed the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon as part of the 2016 Paul Creston Award concert. In June 2018, the Salvatones released their first music video of Nilo Alcala’s arrangement of Wonderful World. In October 2018, they presented the New York premiere of “The New Colossus” by Saunder Choi. In November, The Salvatones made their Texas debut on the St. Michael Presents concert series in Dallas. Pivoting quickly in response to the pandemic, we converted to a 100% virtual season, producing a series of videos and full-length online concerts and ensuring that our artists remained engaged, and our audiences served throughout this challenging period. The Salvatones worked with Consortio, a commissioning collective and presented the virtual world premiere of Welcome Table by Saunder Choi in November 2020. In May 2021, we gave the world premiere of our commissioned work entitled “Crown of Flames,’ by Saunder Choi on the topic of climate change in observance of Earth Day in our concert entitled, UnEarth Song. Our current Salvatones Live+ concert series is a hybrid format of performances with in-person audiences that are simultaneously live-streamed and available on demand. Our signature programming interweaves music of varying style and genres from a cappella to accompanied, classical, jazz, pop, and world music. We actively surface contemporary music and commission new works by living composers to further the choral art form. We present these performances at an array of venues in locations throughout Manhattan and Queens including The Actors’ Chapel, Alchemical Studios, National Opera Center, Teatro LATEA, and Uncommonly Studio. Follow The Salvatones on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram.

The Salvatones is a grantee of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs with three seasons of support. The Salvatones also receives generously support from the Capital Group Foundation.