Biography

Val Domingo is a violist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, yoga teacher, and educator based in Brooklyn. They serve as music director of Samadki Sound Capsules, an immersive somatic sound healing created by Valeria Itriago. Val is a founding conductor and social media director of Brooklyn Chamber Players, which presents salon-style concerts of classical and contemporary music. They also facilitate music and yoga with Conjure Arts Collective, which curates seasonal pop-up multidisciplinary performances and workshops.
As a Los Angeles-born protégé of Grammy award-winning soloist Richard Yongjae O'Neill, Val made their international debut at the Zodiac Chamber Music Academy and Festival (France) and Incontri in Terra di Siena (Italy). A graduate in Viola Performance at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music and the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, they have also appeared at Music@Menlo, the Montecito International Music Festival, and the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. 
A lifelong collaborator, Val has performed and recorded with such artists as Sloppy Jane, Ember Knight, Jasper Shogo Dutz, Concetta Abbate, Jacob Shulman, The Breathing Effect, Tuvia Nicolas, Kira McSpice, and Hallie Spoor. Their solo work spans from spoken word and ambient dance music to jazz, rock, electronica and reimagined popular favorites. This eclectic range is represented in their queer community open mic and festival appearances, vinyl DJ sets, chamber music reading sessions, and EP "If/Then" available on Bandcamp.

Val received their 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training at the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Ranch (NY) with continuing education at Séan Johnson's Bhaktify Immersive at Asheville Yoga Center (NC), melding traditional practices in meditation, breathwork, movement, and chant with hybrid approaches to storytelling and the spiritual integration of music and the arts.

PLAYING DRESS UP IN THE DAYTIME DARKNESS

Original Score + Composition + Performance: Val Domingo
Choreography + Performance: Anabelle Scarborough
Conjure Collective: Wildflower, June 1, 2024

MUSIC BOARD GAME "NAVIGATION" FOR STRING QUARTET

Composition: Val Domingo
KAON Quartet at Teatro Yerbabruja, Bay Shore NY 2023
Concetta Abbate & Lily Desmond, violins; Val Domingo, viola; Jennifer Shaw, cello

Chamber Music Party at McKibbin 🎻
Chamber Music Party at McKibbin 🎻
200h YTT Sivananda Ashram Yoga Ranch
200h YTT Sivananda Ashram Yoga Ranch
Bring Your Own Vinyl! 🧿
Bring Your Own Vinyl! 🧿
Record Spinning Party 🎶
Record Spinning Party 🎶