About the Saltaires
The Saltaires were founded in 1989, and are celebrating over 35+ years of singing barbershop throughout the
Wasatch Front and competing on the international stage.
Over the past three decades the Saltaires have developed a tradition of presenting the finest in men’s a cappella singing within the Rocky Mountain region. From entertaining our enthusiastic audiences in our well-known four part barbershop style, to our collaborations with The Utah Symphony at Abravanel Hall, Snowbird, and Deer Valley, we have performed at festivals in the historic Salt Lake Tabernacle, LDS Conference Center, Assembly Hall on Temple Square as well as Brigham Young Park. We have also performed at regional venues from Zions National Park in Southern Utah to The Ellen Eccles Theater in Logan.
Over the past two decades we have achieved perennial top ten finishes in the international Barbershop Harmony Society contests competing with over 300 choruses from all over the world. We strive for perfecting our craft and improving our performance, singing, and audience engagement.
We are proud to have been officially named “Cultural Ambassadors of the State of Utah” by the Governor and received the prestigious Governor’s Mansion Artist Award.
Not only are is our chorus in the history books with the Governor’s Mansion Artist Award, we continued the relationship we have with Utah Governors by having July 1-6 officially been declared Barbershop Harmony Week in Utah. This was declared by Governor Jon Huntsman in 2005 when the international convention took place in Salt Lake City. Pictured below, Governor Huntsman is seated along with representatives of the Barbershop Harmony Society. When the international convention came back to Salt Lake City in 2019 one of our quartets paid Governor Herbert a visit, sang a song, and had the proclamation signed again.
Director of Music
Adam Haggart
Adam’s first experience with barbershop took place when a quartet from the Saltaires came to his high school in 1996 and sang for the choir there. He and a few friends were invited to a Saltaires rehearsal the next evening, and Adam promptly caught the barbershop bug and has never looked back. Adam has sung with and directed other barbershop choruses over the years, but he grew up with the Saltaires and considers them “home.”
In 2022, Adam assumed the role of Musical Director and led the chorus to an BHS international qualification. He is a three-time district quartet gold medalist and currently sings lead with Mischief, the 2022 Rocky Mountain District Quartet Champions. Haggart has been a studio vocalist, soloist, and featured performer across the western U.S. for the last 25 years. He works as a sales manager for an insurance agency and resides in Lehi, UT with his wife, Rachelle. When he’s not doing music, Adam is a stalwart Lakers/Dodgers fan and likes to spend time with his three children.
Artistic Director
Steve Scott
Steve Scott is a music educator for the Barbershop Harmony Society where he created and curates educational materiel and music collections. A barbershopper for over thirty years, Steve taught voice and choir at the college level before joining the BHS staff. His research interests include the biophysiology of the singing voice, acoustics, and barbershop history. He is a certified Singing judge, a frequent faculty member for harmony colleges around the world where he teaches voice techniques and vocal pedagogy and is a clinician, voice teacher, and coach. Steve serves as the principal vocal coach of the 2022 international champion chorus, the Music City Chorus, in Nashville, TN, and was recently appointed Artistic Director of the Saltaires men’s chorus in Salt Lake City, UT in December 2024. He enjoys traveling and exploring the world with his wife and two children when not doing music.
Chorus Leadership
We express gratitude to the following chorus members for their service and leadership:
- President: Taylor Fugate
- VP Membership: Mike Gourley
- VP Music and Performance: Lars Peterson
- VP Marketing: Taylor Fugate
- Chorus Manager: Spencer Valentine
- Secretary: Brian Bean
- Treasurer: Scott Perkins
- Board member at large: Wes Brown
- Immediate Past President: Mark Andromidas
- Tenor section leader: Elie Diaz
- Lead section leader: Mark Andromidas
- Baritone section leader: Niel Westover
- Bass section leader: Grant Goulding
- Website: Taylor Fugate
American Preparatory Academy is a partner of the Saltaires.
For over 20 years, American Preparatory Schools has served Utah as a tuition-free college preparatory school focused on delivering the best education possible to students all over Utah. To learn more about APA, click here.