SNOtone

Baltimore · Maryland · US

SNOtone is a small independent classical imprint based in Baltimore, Maryland, launched in 2015 by conductor Jordan Randall Smith as the in-house label for the contemporary-classical collective Symphony Number One. Billing itself as 'Baltimore's boutique label,' it specializes in new and contemporary orchestral and chamber works, typically premiere recordings by living composers performed by the SNO ensemble of roughly thirty musician-entrepreneurs. Its catalogue includes albums such as the self-titled debut (2015), Emergence (2016), More (2016) and Approaching (2017), spotlighting composers like Mark Fromm, Natalie Draper, Jonathan Russell, Andrew Posner, Martha Horst, Hangrui Zhang and Nicholas Bentz. It appears active but very niche, functioning largely as a release vehicle for the affiliated ensemble.