Sammy Salvador, tenor, received his B.A. in Music Education and his Single Subject Teaching Credential in Music from Cal State Fullerton. He has been singing with Pacific Chorale for the past five years and has been featured as a soloist in The Wayfaring Project. He is currently the choir director at Dr. Augustine Ramirez Intermediate School in Eastvale, and the new Director of Music at Church of the Foothills in Santa Ana. He also currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Southern California Vocal Association as the Jr. High Honor Choir Chair. Sammy has served as section leader at the Idyllwild Summer Arts Camp and the Pacific Chorale Choir Camp. Sammy previously sang under Rob Istad at Cal State Fullerton and has had the opportunity to travel all around the world, performing in concerts in Paris, New York, Sweden, Estonia, Finland, Russia, and Spain. Sammy has been honored to be a featured soloist in works such as Claudio Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610, Tarik O’Regan’s The Ecstasies Above, George Frideric Handel’s Messiah, and Israel in Egypt, Herbert Howells’ Requiem, David Lang’s The Little Match Girl Passion and in Dale Trumbore’s debut album How To Go On. Sammy has performed with the Long Beach Camerata Singers, Pacific Chorale, and Choral Arts Initiative.