Pyton, Daniel

Maestro Daniel Pyton was born from the blessed union of Louis J. Pyton and Menelia Remonvil. Their union bought forth six children: Daniel, Samuel, Adonys, Nicole, Naromie, and Suzette. Daniel was three years of
age when he began singing and acting at his home church in Station Fort Nationale, Port-au-Prince in Haiti. He began learning music from the great Augustin Bruno as an adolescent; he would come home and teach his siblings all that he had learned. Daniel was very accomplished in his youth. While attending Lycée Alexandre Petion, Lycée Antenor Firmin, Daniel served as a youth leader, a band director, music composer and teacher.
Daniel was also a tailor, an electrician, and a construction engineer.
On August 28, 1968, returning from a missionary trip to Gonaives, Haiti, Daniel was inspired to create Symphonie Angelique gospel band. Daniel founded the band with music theory, ensuring that each member
could read and write music properly. Soon after, Daniel created L’association des Musiciens Chretien Haitien (AMCH), and also founded his own music school in Haiti. In 1980, Daniel made his first trip to the United States of America. During his stay, he established L’association
des Musiciens Chretien aux États-Unis d’Amérique, where he taught more than 900 students—including church leaders and choir directors. Daniel was the founder of the Haitian Mass Choir of Miami, the Augustin Bruno
Orchestra (brass band), Les Frere Pyton (the Pyton Brothers), The Golden Trumpets of Miami, the Youth Haitian Mass Choir, and many more untitled groups. Daniel was the Maestro of more than seven choirs in Miami and
Boston—Eglise la Grace, Emmanuel Baptist Church, Bethany Maranatha Baptist Church, to name a few. Maestro Daniel endured many hardships in his lifetime, but he found console and contentment in the melodic sounds of his gospel band—Symphonie Angelique—and in the harmonic voices of his Haitian Mass Choir. Music was his passion.
Daniel J. Pyton was celebrated within the Haitian community. His wisdom and leadership impacted the lives of so many—young and old. He took great pleasure in teaching others—not just music, but principles on
how to lead an honest life. Daniel’s teachings were colored with his own experiences and his acquired wisdom. Maestro Pyton was a man of his word—a man of integrity. His promises never went unfulfilled. His father, Louis J. Pyton, was well-known and esteemed for his integrity. Daniel strove with all his life to uphold the legacy of his father. His love for the Lord was undeniable, and his faith in God came to life in the music
that he wrote. Among his compositions, the song “Ou Met Konte Sou Li” depicted with accuracy the very life of Maestro Daniel Pyton. His music invited others to the House of the Lord to find peace (An Nou Ale La
Kay Bondieu), and told tales of God’s abundant mercies (Femme Adulter). His compositions were divinely inspired. Maestro Daniel Pyton was a devoted father, and had two beautiful children—Marie Danielle Pyton and Carl David Pyton. He left behind two brothers, and three sisters who loved him dearly. During his sickness, Maestro Daniel was well taken care of by his loving family, and his adoptive mothers—Sr. Fanette Eliassaint, Sr.
Julienne Lubin, Madam Simone Estimé, Sr. Marie Noel, and the Pedro Saintable family. On August 9, 2020, at 7:30 p.m., while the remaining five members of the Pyton family were praying to God to heal their brother, a band of angels in their celestial chariot swung low at Mount Sinai hospital and collected Daniel from his bed, to embark on his celestial voyage. He spoke his last words on this Earth with assured conviction—“I am going home!”
May we all find comfort in the memory of Maestro Daniel J. Pyton through the music he left us, performed by his beloved musical band—Symphonie Angelique.
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