About

Philip Salter is an American composer of contemporary classical music for solo voice and chamber ensembles. As a young man, he immersed himself in classical and operatic recordings, which led him to study composition and voice at The Peabody Institute in Baltimore. Philip’s passion for singing garnered him a scholarship to the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, the world's foremost institution for training young artists as opera soloists. Philip has performed leading tenor roles in the standard repertoire, as well as contemporary works by Thomas Pasatieri, Ikuma Dan, Carlisle Floyd, Ernesto Lecuona, Jerome Moross, Norman Lockwood, and Samuel Barber, whose Prayers of Kierkegaard he sang at Carnegie Hall, under the baton of Eugene Ormandy.

Following operatic performances, Philip embraced composition, focusing on chamber pieces for voice. Inspired by poetry, he created several settings written by Mary Jo Salter. His first album, entitled “A Family Journey”, was the theme of a chamber music concert in October of 2015 at The National Opera Center in New York. Mr. Salter collaborated with librettist Frank Crocitto, author of Emphatically Emerson and Hooray for Love, to write an opera entitled A Florentine Tragedy, adapting an unfinished text by Oscar Wilde. Philip continues to compose music, and collect archival recordings. He lives with his wife Helene in Brooklyn, New York.