Conducted by Buck McDaniel, the Choir of Our Saviour & Sacred Hearts is among the leading professional ensembles of its kind in New York City. While its primary raison d’être is to sing two choral liturgies each week, the choir also performs as part of Choral Vespers and in various concert performances. A tradition of excellence in sacred music has long played a major role in the parish's worship experience. 
 

Buck McDaniel is an American composer who writes orchestral music, works for the stage, chamber music and sacred music. His works have been performed internationally in venues ranging from the Belfast Pipeworks Festival (Ireland), the Tanglewood Music Festival (USA), and Lincoln Cathedral (UK). His chamber work Memory Ground, commissioned by The Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn to commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11, was featured in The New York Times, Time Out New York, and WNYC. His Psalm Preludes have entered the repertoire of Saint Thomas Church, 5th Avenue in New York City, and his collaboration with producer Jacob Kirkwood, Landscape Piece, debuted at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in 2019.

His arrangements for composer Nico Muhly are available through St. Rose Music Publishing, and he served as the 2018-19 Kulas Composer Fellow at Cleveland Public Theatre.