Performance — Solon Snider Sway

Theatre

Solon has performed in dozens of live theatrical productions as an actor, singer, and dancer. He most recently appeared a musical adaptation of Romeo and Juliet at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, in the Yale School of Drama's production of Passion, and The Yale Dramat's production of Into the Woods. Other selected credits include: Million Dollar Quartet (Jerry Lee Lewis understudy, Infinity Theatre Company), She Loves Me (Mr. Maraczek/Head Waiter, Yale Drama Coalition), A Chorus Line (Alan Deluca, Yale Dramat), Man of La Mancha (Padre, Yale Dramat), Merrily We Roll Along (Jerome/the Pianist, Yale Dramat), and Hamlet (Fortenbrasse, Yale Drama Coalition). You can view some video/photo highlights below:

*Click on the photos to view them in fullscreen!

Romeo and Juliet (Saratoga Performing Arts Center)

Into the Woods (Yale Dramat)

A Chorus Line (Yale Dramat)

Merrily We Roll Along (Yale Dramat)

Passion (Yale School of Drama)

Man of La Mancha (Yale Dramat)

Javert (Les Misérables)

Tommy Djilas (The Music Man)

John in Peter Pan (Children's Theatre of Annapolis)

Ziggy Springer (Nifty Fifties)

Edgar in Ragtime (Anne Arundel Community College)

Toad (A Year with Frog and Toad)

Dancing as member of cast in "Oklahoma" at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts

First dance recital!

A Cappella/Singing

Solon is a classically trained tenor with extensive professional singing experience. He toured 27 countries and all over the United States as a tenor II in both The Yale Whiffenpoofs and The Duke's Men of Yale, serving as musical director for both groups, and frequently performs as a freelance singer in churches, synagogues, and a wide variety of instrumental and choral ensembles. He has also worked as a vocal coach and studio engineer, and produced two award-winning a cappella albums with The Whiffenpoofs and The Duke's Men. Check out some video and photo samples below!

*Click on the photos to view them in fullscreen!

Serenading the US Ambassador to Thailand (Glyn Davies) in Bangkok

Singing at the YMCA in Jerusalem

After an appearance on the television program Mucho Gusto, one of MEGA TV's most popular programs, in Santiago Chile

Performing in Woolsey Hall at 2017 Commencement (Yale University)

Singing "Dancing in the Moonlight" (Rock n Roll Revival, Severna Park High School)

Singing at the GlenArbor Golf Club (Bedford Hills, NY, December 2016)

Conducting a concert in Tokyo, Japan

Singing in Woolsey Rotunda, Yale University (January 2014)

Performing in Manizales, Colombia with The Duke's Men of Yale (May 2016)

Singing "Moondance" at Rock and Roll Revival (Severna Park High School)

Singing "Dancing in the Moonlight" at Rock 'n Roll Revival (Severna Park High School)

Singing "Moondance" at Rock 'n Roll Revival (Severna Park High School)

Singing "Dancing in the Moonlight" at Rock 'n Roll Revival (Severna Park High School)

Performing with rock band "Vanishing Point" at a Store Opening in Maryland

Performing Michael Buble's "Sway" at the American Idol Experience in Hollywood Studios (Disney)

Performing with the Whiffenpoofs in Jerusalem

Music Direction/Piano/Cello

Solon is a musical director, conductor, accompanist, pianist, and cellist who has directed and performed for live theatre, television, instrumental and choral ensembles, and more.

*Click on the photos to view them in fullscreen!

Conducting the Playhouse Ensembles at Princeton University

The band for the 2022 Second Stage Theater Gala (Music Direction by Solon Snider Sway)

Conducting a concert of original music in New Orleans, LA

Playing piano for a musical adaptation of Romeo and Juliet at Saratoga Performing Arts Center

Conducting and Singing his arrangement of "Give My Regards to Broadway" on the Bravo TV show "Odd Mom Out"

In the studio with the acclaimed Ed Boyer while recording the Whiffenpoof album "On the Bumpy Road," produced and music directed by Solon Snider

Playing piano during a Yale Dramat Production of Merrily we Roll Along

Jamming out in one of Yale's studios!

Conducting a Whiffenpoof concert in Jerusalem

Conducting "Fiddler on the Roof" at Severna Park High School

Practicing piano at Interlochen Arts Camp

Playing piano with "Hear Your Song," a music service organization that sets lyrics written by hospitalized children to original music

Conducting a rehearsal for "Fiddler on the Roof" (Severna Park High School)

Music Directing "Cupidity the Musical" at Yale University's Hopper Cabaret

Conducting and Singing his arrangement of "Give My Regards to Broadway" for the Bravo TV Show "Odd Mom Out"

Conducting an original composition for Yale's Shen Curriculum Showcase Concert

Accompanying the Severna Park High School Chorus

Conducting for a concert in Hollywood Hills, CA with the Yale Whiffenpoofs

Accompanying for a song in Yale's Shen Curriculum showcase concert

Conducting a concert in Santiago, Chile with the Yale Whiffenpoofs

Conducting the Whiffenpoofs in Tokyo, Japan

Jamming with world-famous cellist Stjepan Hauser!

Conducting the Whiffenpoofs in a concert in Milburn, New Jersey

Performing his original composition "Come Summer" at Yale Commencement, 2018

Performing his original composition "Come Summer" for the Official Dedication Ceremony of Yale's new Residential Colleges (October 6, 2017)

Conducting the Whiffenpoofs in concert in Pittsburgh, PA

Playing cello in the CAPPIES Orchestra (Baltimore, Maryland)

Playing Cello at the Walden School (Dublin, New Hampshire)

Conducting the Duke's Men of Yale in an on-campus concert at Yale University

Conducting and Singing his arrangements of "Give My Regards to Broadway" on the Bravo TV show "Odd Mom Out"

Conducting the Whiffenpoofs in Tokyo, Japan